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NDI DEVELOPER DRUG DEALER LIFE SAVED BY NDLEA
NDLEA saves the life of a 59-year-old Igbo man after emergency surgery to remove 57 cocaine pellets
February 02, 2025
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully saved the life of a 59-year-old businessman, Chijioke Igbokwe, after he underwent emergency surgery to remove 57 out of 81 pellets of cocaine lodged in his stomach.
According to a statement released by the agency's spokesman, Femi Babafemi, Igbokwe was arrested on January 26, 2025, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, during the inward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines flight.
"A body scan conducted by NDLEA officers confirmed he had ingested illicit drugs, after which he was immediately placed under excretion observation at the agency's medical facility," Babafemi said.
He added that "investigations revealed that Igbokwe, who claims to be a clothing trader at Arena, Oshodi, Lagos, departed Lagos on January 22 for Addis Ababa, where he ingested the 81 wraps of cocaine on 23 January before boarding a flight to Beirut, Lebanon, to deliver the illicit consignment for a fee of $3,000.