As you read this, Ulomma Ezeji, a
flourishing businesswoman is on her way
to prison after she was caught at the
Murtala Muhammed International Airport
in Lagos with 645 grammes of cocaine by
the NDLEA.
"I am a trader. I import ladies hand
bags, shoes and clothes, but I make
little profit in my business. My
boyfriend told me that I can make four
times my capital in one successful drug
deal . He has been persuading me for
long. I decided to give it a trial to
expand my capital base. I invested
N2.3m in the deal."
38-year-old woman made this confession to
officials of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency after her arrest at the
departure hall of the airport during screening
of passengers. She was going to Turkey.
NDLEA Airport Commander, Hamza Umar,
who confirmed her arrest, said, “Ezeji was
found in possession of powdery substance
that tested positive to cocaine on her way to
Turkey. We also gathered that she had
invested N2.3m into the drug business in
anticipation of making high profit. The
drug, which was carefully hidden in her
hand bag, was detected during screening
of passengers.”
Ezeji, a native of Imo state, said she
decided to take her boyfriend's advise
because of the high profit. She
said, “Somebody was to receive the drug in
Turkey and give me my share of the
money with which I had planned to buy
goods in France.”
In his reaction, NDLEA Chairman, Mr.
Ahmadu Giade, said all those who wished
to make quick money from drug trafficking
would end up like Ezeji, "in prison".
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