A flourishing businesswoman, Ulomma Ezeji, is on her way to
prison after she was caught at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in
Lagos
with 645 grammes of cocaine by the NDLEA.
When interrogated, Ulomma said, "I am a trader, I
import ladies hand bags, shoes and clothes, but I make little profit in my
business. My boyfriend told me that I can make four times my capital in one
successful drug deal. He has been persuading me for long. I decided to give it
a trial to expand my capital base. I invested N2.3m in the deal."
38-year-old woman made this confession to officials of the
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency after her arrest at the departure hall of
the airport during screening of passengers going to Turkey.
NDLEA Airport Commander, Hamza Umar, who confirmed her
arrest, said, “Ezeji was found in possession of powdery substance that tested
positive to cocaine on her way to Turkey. We also gathered that she had
invested N2.3m into the drug business in anticipation of making high profit.
The drug, which was carefully hidden in her hand bag, was detected during
screening of passengers.”
Ezeji, a native of Imo state, said she decided to take her
boyfriend's advise because of the high profit. She said, “Somebody was to
receive the drug in Turkey and give me my share of the money with which I had
planned to buy goods in France.”
In his reaction, NDLEA Chairman, Mr. Ahmadu Giade, said all
those who wished to make quick money from drug trafficking would end up like
Ezeji, "in prison".
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