Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have saved a 38-year-old woman, Ndidiamaka Obudike, from execution in China for trafficking.
The NDLEA officials arrested the mother of two at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos during outward screening of passengers on Kenyan Airways flight to China for trafficking. In China, drug trafficking attracts capital punishment.
He said: “Investigation into the case is in progress and she will soon be charged to court.” Obudike, who lives in Onitsha, Anambra State, said she was contracted by her social media friend to smuggle the drugs to China.
She said: “I am a trader. I used to travel to China to buy my goods since 2014. My WhatsApp friend asked me to buy the drug and take to China. He promised to give me a handsome reward when I get to China.
Unfortunately, the drug was detected during search at the Lagos airport. I am married and I have two children.”
The NDLEA Chairman, Muhammad Abdallah, who condemned her action, said the agency needed funds to embark on aggressive anti-drug public enlightenment. He said: “It is sad that while government is worried over the number of Nigerians on death row in other nations, a mother of two children is still smuggling drugs to China where drug trafficking is punishable by death.
