Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency for being in possession of N48m.
The suspect who was said to be among the
passengers of a commercial bus coming from
Onitsha, Anambra State, was apprehended with the
money on the Abaji-Abuja Expressway on Monday
by the anti-narcotic officials who were on a routine
patrol.
Okafor insisted that the money belonged to an
unnamed bureau de change firm in Onitsha, adding
that he was an employee of the firm.He said he
was heading for the foreign exchange market in the
Federal Capital Territory to convert the sum to
dollars when he was arrested.
He said,
“I work for a bureau de change in Onitsha. I
was asked to purchase dollars at the foreign
exchange market in Abuja with the money.
When we got to Abaji, our vehicle was
searched and the money was found. That is
all I know.”
Meanwhile, a drug dealer, Chukuka Ugbai, was also
arrested with 79 bags of dried weeds said to have
tested positive for cannabis in Bako village in the
Kwali Area Council, Abuja during the Monday
patrol.
Our correspondent learnt that the drug, weighing
817 kilogrammes was found in his warehouse.
Ugbai, however, said he was amazed that the
operatives were able to track him to his residence,
where the drug warehouse was located, adding that
he took to drug trafficking to fend for his family.
He said,
“I was not lucky enough because I don’t
know how they detected my cannabis
warehouse. I sell cannabis to take care of my
family and pay my children’s school fees. The
officers found 79 bags of cannabis in my
store.”
The FCT commander of the NDLEA, Mrs. Chinyere
Obijuru said
She said, “Okafor was on board a commercial
bus from Onitsha in Anambra State when
N48,450,000 was found in a brown carton
concealed in a sack. He also had on him
86,500 CFA. He claimed that the money
belongs to a bureau de change at Onitsha.
He is suspected to be engaging in money
laundering and will be transferred to the EFCC
for further investigation.
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