NIGERIAN EX-FOOTBALLER ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING DRUG

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A Nigerian ex-footballer has been arrested for smuggling cocaine hidden neatly in his travel bag

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, arrested an ex-footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior, after he was discovered with 1.40kg of crack cocaine hidden in his bags.

According to the agency's spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the suspect was apprehended at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, on his way back from Sao Paulo, Brazil, on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight.

The 33-year-old native of Arochukwu Local Government, Abia State, was apprehended on Monday, September 26th, 2022, after anti-narcotic officers discovered he concealed the illicit substance in the handles of his bags and padded the top edges with the class A drig.

Okafor revealed during his preliminary interrogation that he was a former footballer with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH Enugu FC, where he played for four seasons before leaving for Sri Lanka in 2014. He went on to say that he moved to Brazil from Sri Lanka after playing for two seasons but was unable to advance his football career due to a lack of official documents.