Lotachukwu Umeme, who was holding a Cote d’ lvoire International passport bearing the name Grou Bi Clauvis, was arrested while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to Indonesia.
After he tested positive for narcotic ingestion, 89 wraps of narcotics found to be methamphetamine weighing 1.205 kilogrammes were recovered from him, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said in a statement on Saturday.
After he tested positive for narcotic ingestion, 89 wraps of narcotics found to be methamphetamine weighing 1.205 kilogrammes were recovered from him, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said in a statement on Saturday.
Indonesia imposes capital punishment for drug trafficking.
Ahmadu Garba, the NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, said preliminary investigation conducted by the agency revealed that the suspect hails from Anambra State with the name Umeme Lotachukwu Fabian.
“He attended Boys Secondary School Onitsha where he graduated in 2007. After his secondary education, he started selling clothes at Onitsha main market before he travelled to India in search of greener pastures in 2013 and returned to the country in 2015. He also had an identity card claiming he is from Abidjan,” Mr. Garba said.
Mr. Umeme, while under observation at the airport, excreted 89 wraps of narcotics that tested positive for methamphetamine weighing 1.205kg.
In his statement, according to the NDLEA, the suspect said he was offered the sum of $5,000 to smuggle drugs to Indonesia.
“I am the only son of my parents. I wanted to invest the money in my clothes business and also commence preparation for my marriage in a bid to settle down,” Mr. Umeme said.
He also said he was not aware that drug trafficking attracts capital punishment in Indonesia.
Muhammad Abdallah, the NDLEA Chairman, while expressing satisfaction with the arrest, promised to investigate the identity falsification by the suspect.
“This is a very dangerous development as the suspect could have been consigned to the gallows under a false identity,” he said.
Mr. Abdallah warned that those contemplating drug trafficking must endeavour to avoid acts of criminality and have respect for the sanctity of their lives.
“Drug cartels can be very daring in their manipulation but we are poised to counter their devices. The agency shall carry out a comprehensive investigation into this case in collaboration with relevant stakeholders,” Mr. Abdallah said.
The NDLEA said the suspect would be charged to court soon.
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*What a pity!!!
Smh, when would they ever learn!
ReplyDeleteHe is lucky he wasn't picked up in Indonesia...
DeleteAs in..he is damn Lucky. No excuse though. See his face.
DeleteSorry bruh!
ReplyDeleteWhy won't you tell him sorry. Is your brother, trying to please one of you generation of gold-diggers.
DeleteIndonesia of all places!!!! I shake my head.... Say NO to drug trafficking
ReplyDeleteThey refused to learn.
ReplyDeleteI no know no follow o
ReplyDeleteChai!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pity,
God saved him that he was caught here. Repent all these Ibo guys....
ReplyDeleteI don't know why my people keep doing this. Everybody is busy looking for the easy way out
ReplyDeleteAll because of a woman...
ReplyDeleteHe is very lucky he got caught in Nigeria.its a pity
ReplyDeleteSee how God just saved his life.
ReplyDeleteIgbo kwenu!!!. E too much nah. These biafrans sef (Any drug courier should not be addressed as a Nigerian if he/she is Igbotic.
ReplyDeleteWho e for be ? Ethnic of drug peddlers. Bastard generation. Looking for money for wedding like it's a must to make noise.
ReplyDeleteYou go to jail a single guy.
Biafra drug peddlers.
ReplyDeleteIndonesia???!!!😨😨😨
ReplyDeleteDis people nor dey ever hear word sha.😠😠ðŸ˜
Don't mind them... And if he was caught there and sentenced to death na so people go dey shout and cry upandan!!!
DeleteThese our bros una own don they too much. Thank God you will get 5 years here instead of death.
ReplyDeleteSee his head like bingo
I just feel sorry for him I'm so certain he is not aware of the penalty in Indonesia..
ReplyDeleteGod save our people everybody wants the good life..
He should thank God he wasn't caught in Indonesia cause there its the death penalty
ReplyDeleteDo they ever learn? No! I'm sorry, but the law has to take effect. I don't know why people can't just know that these countries are no go areas, yet they still try to find their ways into it knowing that the consequence is death.
ReplyDeleteI've got no pity for you pls. Because you are aware of the situation already. They say in a Country where there's no law, There's no sin! And also vise versa. Also to be forewarned is to be forearmed. Hence, no pity for you from me.
Don't I just love you bae? Saying it has it is. I love blunt ppl
DeleteHahaha, he doesn't know that 'drugging' attracts death penalty in Indonesia. He thought it attracts extra years on earth. From his history above, it is clear that every security personnel worth his name would find a cote de vorian not able to speak french suspicious. Get rich quick or go to prison (in nigeria) or die(in Indonesia) while trying. I don't have sympathy pim for any drug pedler when caught because when not caught he glories in his wealth got at the ecpense of other people's lives
ReplyDeleteTrust me he will continue after his jail term. I know them
Chai
ReplyDeleteWhen will they ever learn...
ReplyDeleteFor someone that stayed in India for two years, there is no way he doesn't know that drug peddling attracts capital punishment in Indonesia. It's just greed and foolishness. They should have allowed him to board the plane and go and see for himself. Ewu!
ReplyDeleteEeboh kwenu!!!
ReplyDeleteSee how they are all quiet ahahahaha 😆😆😆😆
Don't mind them.
DeleteQueen of fools won't have anything to say in this matter.
Ordinary $5k dollars you want to risk your life like this. Of all countries indonisea.
ReplyDeleteWill these people ever learn.
This calls for a thanksgiving,at least he was not caught in his destination.He'll probably be out b4 anyone knows & he goes back to the same biz or choose other "career path".It's in their DNA.Ko ntan laara won.
Delete*Indonesia
DeleteU won't caution ur pple now.when queen will start her madness you will be d first 2 call her tribalistic.
DeleteAnon 11:48 you no well Hahahaha
ReplyDeleteI will be traveling with my shit tomorrow, nothing, nobody can stop me. $15.000 na plenty money. Abeg make una pray for me
ReplyDeleteGood you know she is mad. Is she not tribalistic? bring it on. She will be put back in the gutter where she belongs.
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ReplyDeleteHe also said he was not aware that drug trafficking attracts capital punishment in Indonesia
Bros are you kidding me.Thank God you were apprehended on this side