A suspected drug trafficker, Mrs.
Sekinatu Adaba, has allegedly excreted 58 wraps of substance suspected to be
cocaine.
Abada, who allegedly excreted the
substance under the close watch of officials of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency, was arrested at the Port Harcourt International Airport,
Rivers State.
The NDLEA Commander, Port Harcourt
International Airport, Mr. Olutekunbi Davies, said the 54-year-old widow was
arrested on May 23, 2012, as she was trying to board a Lufthansa Airline on her
way to London via Frankfurt.
Davies explained that Adaba was
immediately taken to the Military Hospital where an X-ray scanner proved that
she had ingested 839 grammes of cocaine.
He said that 58 wraps of the
substance were excreted by the suspected drug trafficker within three days of
her arrest.
Davies said, “On May 23, 2012, at
about 8:30pm, a female drug suspect, Mrs. Adaba Onitemi Sekinatu ’54,’ was
arrested while attempting to board a Lufthansa Airline on her way to London via
Frankfurt.
“She was taken to the Military
Hospital in Port Harcourt where the X-ray scanner used on her proved positive
for ingestion of substance suspected to be cocaine. She has since excreted 58
wraps weighing 839 grammes.”
Davies explained that the X-ray
scanning machine installed by the NDLEA at the Port Harcourt International
Airport was removed as a result of the ongoing construction work at the
airport.
He, however, warned that the removal
of the machine from the airport would not stop his men from spotting and
arresting drug peddlers that wanted to use the airport to smuggle hard drugs to
other countries.
Davies said that the machine would be
installed after the completion of the ongoing renovation work at the airport.
He said the suspect would soon be
prosecuted while the exhibits would be presented in court to demonstrate her
culpability.
Though the suspect refused to speak
with journalists, an NDLEA official said Adaba claimed that this was her first
time of dealing in the illicit business.
Adaba had told officials of the agency
that she was lured into drug trafficking by a friend at a party in Lagos
after she lost her husband.