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Reports have it that the niece to late Biafran warlord, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has been arrested for cocaine trafficking. She was identified as Ijeoma Ojukwu, 48.
She was arrested alongside a worker of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Ali Bala Adamu and three other suspects – Victor Umeh; Uche Igwelo; and Egbuche Fidelis Osiita.
NDLEA spokesman, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said operatives of the agency are currently interrogating the suspects over alleged conspiracy to import cocaine from Brazil.
According to Ofoyeju, preliminary investigations show that Ijeoma, who owns a restaurant in Brazil, was a suspected member of an international drug trafficking organization.
“The investigation commenced after an abandoned luggage from Brazil was found to contain 2.24kg of cocaine at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos. The investigation led to the already of five suspects.” Ofoyeju said.
Ojukwu allegedly conspired with other suspects to collect the abandoned bag from the airport with the intent to recover the 2.24kg of cocaine.
She was said to have contacted Bala on how to facilitate the collection of the bag at the airport.
The Agency also impounded the Acura MDX vehicle that the suspects drove to the airport.
Ojukwu, who is married with three kids, said: “My brother came from Brazil and could not find his bag. It was in the process of trying to get the bag out that we were arrested.”