Six Enugu lawmakers linked to N4bn drug haul • Three barons arrested
By Wisdom Patrick, Senior Correspondent, Lagos

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Chairman, Ahmadu Giade, disclosed on Monday that he has placed all his officials on red alert against drug barons at all entry points to the country.



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The reason is obvious, he said, because “politicians need money to prosecute elections, therefore they can do anything to get that money.”

Giade was speaking at a press conference in Lagos during the parade of a container with over 450 kilogrammes of cocaine seized at the Tin Can Island Port, Apapa – linked to six members of the Enugu State House of

Assembly.

The cocaine was concealed in the plywood which served as the wooden floor of the container.

Giade said some barons, including a Chinese, who are the brains behind the illicit business have been arrested.

He put the street value of the substances at over N4 billion, and charged NDLEA officials to be extra-vigilant in the fight against hard and banned substances, especially as political activities hot up countywide.

He described the seizure as a major breakthrough, stressing that it is the second largest after the 14.2 tonnes intercepted at the same port in 2002.

He explained that the operation was intelligence based, recalling that the container had already been cleared out of the port before his men traced it to the owner’s warehouse.

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Tin Can Island police Command said six Enugu State lawmakers are the masterminds of the contraband.

A police source said the clearing agent is being held by the NDLEA; whose Director General, Lanre Ipinmisho, also confirmed that some people were arrested in Enugu, Ibadan, and Kano.

“So many people have been fingered in the recent seizure of the huge importation of cocaine through Tin Can Port in Apapa and investigation is on,” Ipinmisho disclosed in a telephone interview on Sunday.

The container also contained used items like tyres, electronics, and medications, among others.

An NDLEA official said the police have handed over the case file, and “the suspect, who is a clearing agent, has made confessional statement to the NDLEA operatives.

“The suspect said he was only contracted to clear the container and he had no idea of its content. He has given us the names of the lawmakers and we have contacted three of them, but the remaining ones have switched off their handsets. Investigation is on.”

However, the port police have expressed fears that the case may go the way of others.

“They want to kill the case, like they always do. But this one would surely claim somebody’s job, if they try their dirty deal,” he warned.

2011 will surely be a war zone! No wonder the clown, Onovo requested for permission to shoot to kill at polling booths.

We should demand the publication of all names involved, because if it was two miserable robbers at Oshodi, by now we would have known their names and their family compounds. Rubbish.

The reason is obvious, he said, because “politicians need money to prosecute elections, therefore they can do anything to get that money.”

Really!!!

God help us.

Funny thing, drug is becoming a hot commodity. . . .

Beaf:

We should demand the publication of all names involved, because if it was two miserable robbers at Oshodi, by now we would have known their names and their family compounds. Rubbish.

Yea, I was searching through the article for the names too

Ileke-IdI:

Yea, I was searching through the article for the names too

Are you scared for Ezeuche?

More like searching for his name

Aloy_Emeka:

Are you scared for Ezeuche?

Ileke-IdI:

More like searching for his name

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