Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekuwem with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body.
Agency spokesperson, Femi Babafemi disclosed that Ekwem, who is the general overseer of Christ Living Hope church, was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, whole on his way to a three week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya.
Ekwem, a popular preacher who has his church headquarters in Isuaniocha, Mgbakwu road, Akwa North LGA, Anambra state, and two other branches in Lagos and Abuja, was arrested on March 7, during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian airlines flight to Nairobi via Addis Ababa.
When tested, the 54 sticks proved positive to cannabis. The clergyman confessed during preliminary interview that he packed such quantity of illicit substance on his body to use during his three weeks crusade in Kenya.
Babafemi said that on the same day, another passenger, Nnakeanyi Chukwuka King who arrived the airport on Ethiopian airlines from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa was intercepted during the inward clearance of passengers at the E-Arrival Hall of MMIA.
During a search of his luggage, 40 parcels of cocaine concealed inside bottles of body cream with a gross weight of 9.70kg were recovered from the suspect.
Source: www.clintonsdaily.com
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