A suspected drug trafficker, Celestine Ikechukwu Okonkwo, 39, has stated his sponsors abandoned him when he was caught in Brazil, South America.
Narrating his ordeal in the hands of drug barons who sponsored his trip under the guise of getting him a white collar job, Okonkwo said: “I was in my shop at Idumota Market, where I sell used clothes. I will never forget the day a young man came to my shop to buy a shirt. He told me he was from Anambra State and that he lived in Brazil. He also promised to help me with a good job over there.
“Honestly, I was excited and felt it was answer to my age long prayer. He collected my phone number and left. This was how it started.”
Okonkwo stated he suffered to smuggle cocaine to the South American country.
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s (NDLEA’s) Commander at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, Hamisu Lawan, stated Okonkwo tested positive for cocaine ingestion.
Hamisu said: “The suspect tested positive to drug ingestion while returning from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He later excreted 70 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.326 kilogrammes.”