Ozoh Ikenna was arrested yesterday October 9th at the International Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as he tried to smuggle 23 wraps containing 34 thousand dollars out of the country. Ozoh was on his way to Brazil in an Etihad Airways flight, that would first stop at Abu Dhabi, when he was arrested after customs spotted the money, packed in wraps similar to narcotics and concealed in his boxer shorts, during screening of passengers.
Speaking on the arrest, NDLEA Airport commander, Ahmadu Garba, told journalists
“The wraps of dollars found on Ozoh Ikenna were detected with the aid of a scanning machine. We also conducted a follow-up operation where one Ogbo Emmanuel (pictured above), who gave Ozoh the $34,000 dollars, was arrested,” the commander stated.
A rep of Assets and Financial Investigation directorate Mrs Victoria Egbase said investigation conducted revealed that the suspects are involved in the laundering of substantial amount of illicit drug proceeds.
“We were able to trace over N226,000,000 to one bank account belonging to the second suspect, Ogbo Emmanuel. The account name is Eternal God International Limited”.
Ozoh, in his statement, said that he was only a courier.
“I live in Brazil since 2008. I was paid to smuggle the $34,000 to Brazil.
They promised to pay me five per cent. I agreed to smuggle the money to alleviate my financial hardship. I could not swallow the wraps so I decided to hide it in my underpants,” he said
Wow these men are not smart! Our boarder security is wack!
ReplyDeleteWith the way drug traffickers are being caught everyday,one would have expected that the crime would be on the decrease but NAH
ReplyDeleteThey should leave the man alone joor. The money is not even an alarming sum. It's probably for their business.
ReplyDeleteThese people never learn
ReplyDeleteUr fathers father is a bastard . Don't worry Una go soon migrate go cotonu .after we deal with all of Una for Lagos. Syria go dry learn and please stay n fight let count ur bodies cowardish idiot. I know who u are.
DeleteChimoo! See plenty money. In dis same naija? Hian!
ReplyDeleteIkenna beti why, why kawnu?
ReplyDelete~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Bastard
ReplyDeleteLinda this is not 34k dollars. Its more
ReplyDeleteMen aren't smiling
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DeleteNo need to check the names... Igbos!!
ReplyDeleteLil. No worry Una ancestors no get mind I knw. Fools
Deleteheheeehehee....exporting crime all over d world, disgracing our name everywhere.....brazil again? Cant these pple sit in one place?
ReplyDeleteNna na wa o! Linda take note!
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmmm
ReplyDeleteIgbo kwenu!!!!!! keep tarnishing your name
ReplyDeleteUr father . Last last we go leave Una . U will always be under us. Fools
DeleteIgbo kwenu!!!!!! keep tarnishing your name
ReplyDeleteI don't see the crime here. He didn't declare how much he had. They should give him the 10k he is allowed to travel with and give the balance to his family. O pari. Much ado about nothing. I should be able to carry my money the way I want, wrapped up o, in a gift box, in my bra.....why thestory
ReplyDeleteU said it all
DeleteWrong! He didn't declare the excess so it is liable to seizure.
DeleteAnd so what if he has 34k how much is it in naira. What will 10k buy for business and what will that do for him if he stays with his family abroad! Mtcheeew pissed!
DeleteAnorther no way to hustle
ReplyDeleteNawa ooo
Buhari ur work dey show,am only considering the plight of importers.....the money could hav been easily transferred if not bcos of the new policy
ReplyDeleteThank you!!! A lot of businesses are suffering!
DeleteThank you again alot of business is seriously suffering.
DeleteI wonder how they want us to buy abroad.
Abi with naira I guess!
Mtcheew pissed!
Wetin concern ndlea with money again .. since when did money turn to drugs, anyway keep hustling my brothers, lets risk it for the money.... We aint like the yoruba men that all they do in their life is to rape under age girls .. we get rich or get caught while trying
ReplyDeletewhat about if the money is genuine.
DeleteMy dear i tire oooo....no more drugs now money, igbos are been called names when it comes to money matter, ok!!! we like hussle Accepted!! Yoruba nko? Rapist and thiefs, killers in london and professional back stabbers....hausa na to loothe the country money for their pocket they sabi pass, now person dey they take risk hussle for him family to survive na wahala.
Deletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Nna anything to make it..... Sorry bro....
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Stupid igbo people. smh
ReplyDeleteAll this igbo men that won't respect their old age; always giving the igbo tribe, and Nigeria as a whole a bad name.
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And so when igbo man hustle
DeleteNa disrespect of age abi.
So one can't earn 34k genuinely
And one can't do business abi
Mtcheeew pissed!
Serves him right.
ReplyDeleteGreed has landed you in prisons...Oke ochicho....
ReplyDeleteHope all these stories are for real. This one everybody is trying to impress oga @ d top dese days
ReplyDeleteHope all these stories are for real. This one everybody is trying to impress oga @ d top dese days
ReplyDeleteHang em all.
ReplyDeleteThis is a new trend! Smuggling Dollars like Drugs.
ReplyDeleteIgbo kwenu,eh,na this useless tribe dey cause wahala everywhere,money maker,abi na noise maker come see ya bro
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmm.
ReplyDeleteDis drug baron r made big time. My God see millions lik as if its thousands. Lord b blessed and I can't 2b wealthy.
So he would have swallowed the money? Hmmmmnnn.... things we do for money!
ReplyDeleteI have feel so disgusted at buhari and how clueless he is. Honest business people have now become liars and thieves just so they don't close down their businesses. One NDLEA guy has asked me for 100k naira to carry 10k dollars out of Nigeria. Your corporate account card doesn't work abroad. Individual is 300 dollars limit daily. So how does this old fool want honest people to trade. When the small businesses can't trade we will close down. Crime is on the rise again. You want to catch the corrupt people yet they are on your ministerial list with diplomatic passport travelling with million of dollars . rubbish change my foot
ReplyDeleteWhen you willfully fail to declare,it is a crime and the way its concealed points to it being proceeds of illegal business especially from drugs.His crime is Money Laundering!
ReplyDeleteIts standard procedure at any international port that you make full declaration of monies on you.
When you willfully fail to declare,it is a crime and the way its concealed points to it being proceeds of illegal business especially from drugs.His crime is Money Laundering!
ReplyDeleteIts standard procedure at any international port that you make full declaration of monies on you.
Linda this is not 34k dollars. Its more........
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmm.
Nawa ooo
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ReplyDeleteThe cbn new policy should be blamed......period
ReplyDeleteThe cbn new policy should be blamed......period
ReplyDeleteIlliterates! Why smuggle it when there are alot of ways to get your money overseas legally!..Money changers can help you get your money anywhere in the world...Just pay %.
ReplyDeleteVery foolish guys. How will u wana smuggle 34k dollars when u can just declare it and make up one cock and bull reason for the money? Its not so large and amount that u cant carry normally with a reason na. Fools
ReplyDeleteNa wa ooo. Hustling thins
ReplyDeleteIgbo kwenu! Love my Igbo fam
ReplyDeleteLol. See what cbn has reduced us to shameful indeed. Our business men are now criminals.
ReplyDeleteBuharia don turn us 2 thieves 4 our hard earned money, abeg mk una release ma broda wit d bar ooooo. No whr easy.
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