A 42-year-old Turkish businessman Mbala Dajou Abuba has been detained by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for attempting to traffic a sizable cargo of cocaine, according to its agents at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano.
Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA spokesperson, made the disclosure in a statement that was made public on Sunday.
He claimed that Abuba, who is from Zaire in Angola, was detained on February 25th, 2025, while attempting to board Egypt Air’s MS 880 from Cairo to Istanbul, Turkey.
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“He was placed under excretion observation after his body scan revealed that he had consumed an illicit drug,” he said. “During this observation, he expelled 120 cocaine pellets weighing 1. 829 kilograms in seven excretions.
The suspect claimed in his statement that he had entered the Angolai township delivery industry before entering the illicit drug trade, according to the statement.
According to the report, NDLEA agents who uncovered a similar attempt by an auto parts dealer, Okeke Ebuka Igwe, to transport two parcels of 1.10 kg of cocaine to Angola on February 24th, 2019 in response to credible intelligence, NDLEA agents thwarted it.
In an interview with the suspect, Babafemi claimed to be a businessman selling auto parts in the Ojo area of Lagos’ ASPANDA Trade Fair Complex.
According to Ezechi Iyke Cyprian, a special operations unit of the NDLEA, who attempted to transport a sizable shipment of cocaine weighing 5.40 kilograms to Owerri, Imo state in his Toyota Sienna bus on February 23rd, February, his request was thwarted.
“On Friday, February 28th, NDLEA operatives at the Tincan seaport in Lagos discovered a total of 128 parcels of Canadian Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, hidden in two matrasses in the trunk of a Toyota Venza car imported from Canada.
Source: Channels TV
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