46-year-old Mrs. Afusat Adisa Olayinka has been arrested by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for ingesting 80 pellets of cocaine.
It was learnt that the businesswoman who lives in Ibafo, Ogun state and hails from Ilorin, in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara state was heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Umrah (Lesser Hajj) before she was arrested by the operatives.
This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, noting that Olayinka claimed that she saved N2.5 million over a period of one year to buy the drugs in bits from six different people at Akala, Mushin area of Lagos.
“She was arrested on Wednesday, 24th November at the boarding screening area of the airport during an outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight 1418.
“She was subsequently taken into custody where she excreted 80 pellets of the illicit drug between Wednesday and Saturday, 27th Nov.
“Olayinka claimed during interviews that she saved N2.5 million over a period of one year to buy the drugs in bits from six different people at Akala, Mushin area of Lagos,” Babafemi said.
“The suspect further said she was trading in clothes but had to borrow N1 million from three persons to make up the money used to buy the drugs, adding that she spent another N1 million to renew her passport, visa and buy return flight tickets.
“She said she was encouraged to traffic the drugs by a woman she met during her last Umrah trip to Saudi Arabia in 2019. She added that she needed to raise N7 million for In Vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment due to pressure from people because she’s been married for 28 years without a child due to fertility challenges,” the statement added.
