Previous thread of when the suspect was first arrested in May 2023: https://www.nairaland.com/7688789/ndlea-arrests-businessmen-25-others

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have again arrested a 48-year-old businessman, Christian Ogbuji.

Ogbuji was first arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on May 10, 2023, upon arrival from Uganda via Addis Ababa, onboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 951 for ingesting 93 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.986kg.

He was subsequently arraigned before Federal High Court 12 Abuja, presided over by Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon in charge no: FHC/ABJ/CR/192/2023, and convicted on July 13, 2023.

Ogbuji was sentenced to two years imprisonment with an option of paying a fine of N3,000,000.00.

A statement by the spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi said Ogbuji paid the fine.

Babafemi added that Ogbuji also forfeited the seized 1.986 kilograms of cocaine, his international passport, 14 US dollars and 9000 Uganda shillings were found on him at the time of his arrest.

However, Babafemi stated that 16 months later, Ogbuji was arrested again on September 18, 2024, with N4.6bn worth of cocaine.


Babafemi said, “Barely 16 months after he was arrested and convicted for ingesting 93 pellets of cocaine, a 48-year-old businessman Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji has been intercepted by operatives of the NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for importing 817 wraps of the same Class A drug weighing 19.40 kilograms with an estimated street value of N4,656,000,000.00.

“Ogbuji was again arrested at the Lagos airport on Wednesday, 18th September 2024, during an inward clearance of Ethiopian Airlines flight passengers from Addis Ababa to Lagos. The suspect had approached the joint examination table with a black travelling bag which was searched by an NDLEA operative who cleared the luggage.

“In a dubious move, Ogbuji sneaked back to the carousel area to put inside the cleared bag a black backpack he left on the conveyor’s belt. As he made his way out of the arrival hall, vigilant NDLEA officers intercepted him and subjected him to a secondary search.

“It was then large wraps of excreted cocaine were found concealed inside the backpack hidden in the black travelling bag that was earlier found with the suspect. A total of 817 pellets of cocaine excreted by many traffickers in Addis Ababa weighing 19.40kg belonging to different members of a drug cartel were recovered.”

Babafemi said during an interview with the suspect, that he initially left the backpack containing the drug at the carousel area as a strategy to beat NDLEA operatives, adding that he never knew there could be a secondary search since he had presented his bag for search previously and nothing incriminating was found.

Babafemi said the suspect claimed he had to procure a new international passport to continue his criminal trade.

“Investigation reveals Ogbuji is an unrepentant kingpin within the network of drug cartels operating between Brazil, Ethiopia, Nigeria and others in the West African sub-region like
Benin, Togo, Ghana, Liberia, and Cote d’Ivoire,” he added.

https://punchng.com/ndlea-arrests-ex-convict-for-importing-n4-6bn-cocaine/

he should be killed this time

Igbo:
he should be killed this time

No, blame it on the government!

No fûcking job and people are suffering!!!

Na wa...

AlphaNugget:

No, blame it on the government!

No fûcking job and people are suffering!!!

why are they still committing crimes when they are outside Nigeria?

The ammended sentencing laws will see to him spending the rest of his life behind bars

AlphaNugget:

No, blame it on the government!

No fûcking job and people are suffering!!!

You are right bro

We should blame the Govts for ritual killings and kidnapping cases too

Theres no job, if people didnt join banditry, how would they have survived?


Jeez....Na una we dey follow live for this country?

AlphaNugget:

No, blame it on the government!

No fûcking job and people are suffering!!!

are there no jobs in SA as well?


Stop defending criminality

Igbo:
why are they still committing crimes when they are outside Nigeria?

He won't answer you.

kedeojo:
Shut up cos you people always support crime. He should be given up to 60 years imprisonment so that when is out, he will be around 78 years. He can't do drug again at that age.

He will get nothing short of a life sentence .

The sentencing laws for drug trafficking into Nigeria is now a life sentence.

For those who produce synthetic drugs , it's now a death sentence .


That 0koro is not coming out any time soon.

He was arrested, charged and sentenced last year to pay fine.

He paid and hoped back into the game.

Hopefully, this time he won't be given that option

Igbo:


He was subsequently arraigned before Federal High Court 12 Abuja, presided over by Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon in charge no: FHC/ABJ/CR/192/2023, and convicted on July 13, 2023.

Ogbuji was sentenced to two years imprisonment with an option of paying a fine of N3,000,000.00.

Which responsible judge sentences a drug trafficker to 2 years in jail with an option of N3m fine? If this is not a product of bribery and corruption, I don't know what is. I've seen Yahoo boys getting 10 years in jail for attempting to collect $200 dollars from a foreigner...

The Nigerian justice system is flawed and filled with irresponsible judges with questionable characters.

Life sentence please. No time

Igbo:
Previous thread of when the suspect was first arrested in May 2023: https://www.nairaland.com/7688789/ndlea-arrests-businessmen-25-others


https://punchng.com/ndlea-arrests-ex-convict-for-importing-n4-6bn-cocaine/

That is a very courageous man

AlphaNugget:

No, blame it on the government!

No fûcking job and people are suffering!!!

Wow! Now it government that we should blame if a man can't impregnate his wife Abi? So, government has stopped him from farming or doing legitimate work like some millions of law abiding Nigerians Abi?
Continue!

AlphaNugget:

No, blame it on the government!

No fûcking job and people are suffering!!!

Since no fvcking job, that means u re also a dru.g pusher abi?? Since there is no job I mean

If Marwa becomes EFCC boss, corrupt people run comot naija o

..even when he Spirit want to pill out the thought of many, yes at thing u want to read and here to check,abeg go front no be my mouth go talk am.

Someone up there was even saying it's the govt we should blame, and I was amazed.

Igbo:
he should be killed this time

Our Leaders and our Institutions are not ready to restore sanity in our country. We need harsh penalties to clean up the mess in our country. But our Leaders don't care - because - they are part of the problem!

End of the road

Get rich or die trying.

Die Hard

Igbo:
he should be killed this time

Calm down! He'll be released very soon. We are working on it.