Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency (NDLEA) yesterday arrested Mrs. Saidat Bola
Hassan at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport, Abuja. The 48 year old mother of three was
scheduled to fly to Jedda, Saudi Arabia, via an Egypt
Airline flight en-route Cairo when she was apprehended during screening. She had ingested about 80 wraps of a white
powdery substance weighing 904 grammes that
later tested positive for cocaine. NDLEA Abuja airport Commander Mr. Hamisu Lawan
said that efforts were made to protect her from any
harm resulting from drug ingestion.
“As soon as we discovered that the suspected
wraps she vomited tested positive for cocaine, we
took measures to ensure her safety by preventing
any harm that may result from drug ingestion.
While under observation, she excreted sixty-five
(65) similar wraps. In all, she ingested eighty wraps of cocaine weighing 904 grammes; her case is
under investigation” Hamisu stated.
Chairman of NDLEA, Col. Mohammad Mustapha
Abdallah (rtd) said
“This is gross ineptitude on the part of a mother
saddled with the responsibility of nurturing her
children into future leaders. I am glad that she did
not die from drug ingestion and she is alive to face
trial. Besides escaping the risk of swallowing
cocaine, this arrest also saved her because drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia is punishable by death.
She will soon be charged to court because the law
must run its full course. I expect the general public
to learn lessons from this case that drug trafficking
leads to pain, ignominy and untimely death,”
Abdallah said.
Narrating her ordeal, Mrs. Saidat Bola Hassan, a
native of Idiroko, Ogun State who resides in Lagos Island said that she is a business woman dealing in
clothing materials. According to her,
“I am a business woman and I sell women clothes
at Balogun Market. I used to buy my goods from
Ghana. I was introduced into the drug business by
a friend and business partner. The drug was
brought from Abidjan, Ivory Coast and we were to
share the proceeds equally. Until my arrest, I never knew that the cocaine I ingested would have led to
my death in Saudi Arabia. I thank God for keeping
me alive”.
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