Businessman successfully excretes 83 wraps of cocaine at Abuja airports

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a businessman, Onu Oluchukwu Friday, 39, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, with 1.527 kilogramms of cocaine.


Onu, a plumber material dealer, was arrested on Thursday , February 4, 2021, during outward clearance of Ethiopian Airline ET 910 en route Abuja-Addis Ababa -New Delhi, India. According to the Commander, NAIA Command of the NDLEA, Mr. Kabir Sani Tsakuwa, Onu proved positive for ingestion.


“He excreted 83 wraps of substances, which proved positive for cocaine and weighed 1.527kg. The suspect who claimed he is into plumbing material business in Lagos came into Abuja for the purpose of trafficking drugs said he was to be paid N1.5m on delivery to one Chibuzo Nmadu, a Nigerian based in India.”