Ozoh Ikenna was arrested yesterday October 9th at the worldwide Wing
of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, by men of the National
Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as he tried to smuggle illegal goods 23 wraps
containing 34 thousand dollars out of the country. Ozoh Ikenna was on his way
to Brazil in an Etihad Airways flight, that would first stop at Abu
Dhabi, when he was arrested after customs spotted the money, packed in
wraps similar to narcotics and concealed in his boxer shorts, during
screening of passengers.
Speaking on the arrest, NDLEA Airport commander, Ahmadu Garba, told journalists
“The wraps of dollars found on Ozoh Ikenna were detected with the aid of a scanning machine. We also conducted a follow-up operation where one Ogbo Emmanuel (pictured above), who gave Ozoh Ikenna the $34,000 dollars, was arrested,” the commander stated.A rep of Assets and Financial Investigation directorate Mrs Victoria Egbase said investigation conducted revealed that the suspects are involved in the laundering of substantial amount of illicit drug proceeds.
“We were able to trace over N226,000,000 to one bank account belonging to the second suspect, Ogbo Emmanuel. The account name is Eternal God International Limited”.Ozoh, in his statement, said that he was only a courier.
“I live in Brazil since 2008. I was paid to smuggle illegal goods the $34,000 to Brazil. They promised to pay me five per cent. I agreed to smuggle the money to alleviate my financial hardship. I could not swallow the wraps so I decided to hide it in my underpants,” he said
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