NDLEA Arrest Businessman Who Hid Cocaine Worth N1.9 billion In Shoes

A 34 year old Enugu State indigene, Okolo Emenike Kingsley, has been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja by officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for attempting to smuggle cocaine valued at £3.8million into the country.

The NDLEA revealed this in a statement signed by their spokesman, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, revealing that the cocaine, which weighed 9.150 kilograms, was discovered stuffed in shoe soles in a shipment of shoes during inward screening of passengers on a Turkish Airlines flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil.NDLEA Commander at NAIA, Mr. Hamisu Lawan, said:

"There was an arrest at the weekend of a 34-year old suspect, Okolo Emenike Kingsley, who hails from Ezeagu, Enugu State. The motorcycle parts dealer said that he was offered the sum of N1 million to smuggle the drug to Nigeria. Investigation is ongoing, and the suspect is cooperating with our team of undercover officers.”

The suspect, Okolo Emenike Kingsley, who is married and has a child, then revealed he was forced to do it after his motorcycle parts business failed...He said;

“I was confronted with the fear of deportation. This made me to be desperate in my search for quick wealth. In the process, I met my childhood friend who offered me N1 million to traffic cocaine to Nigeria.

“He also paid for my ticket and gave me three bags of shoes containing the cocaine. On arrival at the Abuja Airport, the cocaine was detected and I was arrested. I had wanted to invest the N 1 million in business in Nigeria,”

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