Student Arrested With Cocaine At Enugu International Airport (Photos)

Chizoba Anselem Nwabuwa after arrest
Barely few weeks after the jubilation that greeted the
commencement of international flights at the newly
upgraded Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu;
the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
has made its first arrest and cocaine seizure. The
suspect, Chizoba Anselem Nwabuwa 32 year-old 400
Levels Fine and Applied Arts student was apprehended
during the inward screening of passengers on an
Ethiopian flight from Brazil enroute Addis-Ababa. He
was found to have ingested liquid cocaine packed inside
male condoms.
Chizoba Anselem Nwabuwa with the drug
liquid cocaine in male condums ingested by Chizoba
Anselem Nwabuwa
The head of the NDLEA at the Enugu Airport, Mr
Nsikak-Abasi Udoh who confirmed the arrest said that
the suspect excreted 25 wraps of a liquid that tested
positive for cocaine. “The suspect excreted twenty-five
(25) wraps of liquid substance. When tested with the
United Nations drug testing kit, it tested positive for
cocaine weighing 1.250kg. This first arrest and seizure
is exciting to us because we just commenced
operations” Nsikak-Abasi stated.
According to the suspect, “I am a 400 level student of
Fine & Applied Arts at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University,
Awka, Anambra State. I wanted to use the half a
million naira (N500,000) they promised to pay me in
developing my Art Gallery . They assured me in Brazil
that authorities will not be able to detect liquid
cocaine, so I was confident. Unfortunately, things have
turned-out the other way. I regret my involvement in
drug trafficking”. Chizoba who is single hails from
Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA Ahmadu Giade
expressed satisfaction with the arrest. In his words,
“the Agency accords high priority attention to all the
airports. We shall continue to up-scale our operations
at the airports and prevent drug trafficking syndicates
from using the nation’s airports”.
Giade urged members of the public to pursue
legitimate businesses at all times noting that a good
name is far better than ill-gotten wealth.
The suspect will soon be charged to court.
- Nigeria on point