The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has announced the arrest of a drug kingpin, Ngene Emmanuel Onyedikachi, who was responsible for hiring fake couples for drug smuggling, on September 1, 2023, in Lagos.
The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, released a statement on Sunday that was available on the website.
The phoney spouses, Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum were arrested on August 6, 2023, by NDLEA officers for consuming 184 wraps of cocaine totaling 3.322 kilogrammes, with 100grams of the narcotic also secreted in the woman’s vagina.
The statement claims that Onyedikachi was detained by NDLEA agents on Friday at his Akoka, Yaba home.
According to the statement:
“NDLEA operatives on Friday 25th August succeeded in arresting a drug kingpin, Ngene Emmanuel Onyedikachi, who recruited the fake couple, Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum arrested for ingesting 1.822kg and 1.50kg of Cocaine respectively at the Lagos airport on 1st August while on their way to India. The kingpin was picked at his residence located at 28 Afolabi Brown Street, Akoka, Yaba, after intensive surveillance that lasted 25 days.
“During his interview, Onyedikachi confessed that the two suspects: Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum were introduced to him by another member of his syndicate, whom he claimed he met at Zion Church in the Cele area of Lagos. He explained that the drug was sourced from Guinea Conakry.
“The suspect revealed that when he got information about the arrest of the fake couple, he threw away his old mobile phone along with the SIM cards to avoid being traced, adding that he became relaxed and refused to leave his house because the two couriers do not know his house since they have only met twice at different locations. He said he was living in India before he returned to Nigeria in 2022 after the Indian authorities discovered that he was using Ivory Coast International passport. A blue Acura Legend car was part of items recovered from his home during his arrest”, the statement read.
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