Ex Nigerian Footballer Arrested For Smuggling Cocaine Concealed In His Traveling Bag
A Nigerian former footballer by using the name of Okafor Emmanuel Junior has reportedly been apprehended through the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA after he changed into stuck looking to smuggle tablets(cocaine). The 33-yr-antique indigene of Arochukwu Local Government, Abia State was arrested with the aid of the organization on the…
A Nigerian former footballer by using the name of Okafor Emmanuel Junior has reportedly been apprehended through the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA after he changed into stuck looking to smuggle tablets(cocaine).
The 33-yr-antique indigene of Arochukwu Local Government, Abia State was arrested with the aid of the organization on the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos with approximately 140kg of crack cocaine smartly hid in his bag.
The spokesperson of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi stated that the suspect changed into arrested on his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on board an Ethiopian airways flight.
His arrest was made on Monday 26th September 2022 after anti-narcotic officials observed he hid the illicit substance in the handles of his baggage and padded the pinnacle edges of the identical with the elegance A capsules.
Upon interrogation, Okafor revealed that he had previously played football with UNTH Enugu FC of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, wherein he spent four seasons before departing for Sri Lanka in 2014.
Ex-footballer, Okafor Emmanuel, Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking
Ex-footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior, has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja for alleged drug trafficking. pic.twitter.com/rFnwVQUsXs
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He introduced that he had played for two seasons in Sri Lanka before shifting to Brazil, but that loss of professional files avoided him from furthering his football career there.
