Operatives of NDLEA, have arrested an fomer Nigeria footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
Okafor was arrested on his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil by Ethiopian airlines flight.
He was with 1.40kg crack cocaine concealed in his bags.
The agency Spokesperson Mr. Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said the the 33-year-old indigene of Arochukwu Local Government area of Abia State was arrested on Monday 26th September 2022 after anti-narcotic officers discovered he concealed the illicit deugs in the handles of his bags and padded the top edges of same with the class A drug.
During preliminary interview, Okafor disclosed that he was an ex-footballer with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH Enugu FC, where he played for four seasons before leaving for Sri Lanka in 2014.
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