Convicted drug baron arrested for importing N4.6b worth of cocaine

Barely 16 months after he was arrested and convicted for ingesting 93 pellets of cocaine, a 48-year-old businessman identified as 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 dr¥g weighing 19.40 kg with an estimated street value of Four Billion Six Hundred and Fifty Six Million Naira (N4,656,000,000.00).

This was revealed in a signed statement by the agency’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Tuesday, September 24, 2024.

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

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