Giwa Ayoka Sikirat, a 53-year old
grandmother, has been arrested with cocaine hidden in her hair, Nigeria’s
anti-drug agency said on Monday. Sikirat was apprehended at the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, on her way to Pakistan.
The suspect was arrested at the
weekend following the discovery and seizure of a kilogramme of white powdery
substance that tested positive for cocaine. “The suspect, Giwa Ayoka Sikirat
concealed the drug in her beautiful hair style while trying to board an
Ethiopian airline Flight ET 910 to Pakistan enroute Addis Ababa and Dubai,”
NDLEA said in a statement
The drug was detected when a female
officer carried out a body frisk on her during outward screening of passengers.
A 59-year old suspected accomplice, Joseph Umunna, an indigene of Anambra
State, who brought Sikirat to the airport, was also arrested.
The drug was concealed in her hair
in Lagos before she was taken to Abuja by her sponsors.“Both suspects will soon
be charged to court in line with the NDLEA Act for unlawful exportation and
conspiracy to export 1kg of cocaine,” NDLEA.
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