On his return from a minister’s conference in Entebe, Uganda, a Lagos Pastor, Daniel Lanre, 43, was found with 1.978kg of heroin concealed in his luggage.
His flight landed at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, and the officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) decided to check him.
Probably on the same flight, another suspect, Onwuegbusi Tochukwu Victor, 48, was also found with 51.5kg of ephedrine inside his luggage.
According to NDLEA sources at the Enugu Airport, Pastor Daniel Lanre Akintola wanted to abandon his luggage at the arrival hall for fear of arrest.
“Mr. Daniel Lanre Akintola unlawfully possessed 1.978kg of heroin while returning from Entebbe, a major town in Central Uganda. He wanted to abandon the luggage but we detected his intention. The drug was carefully concealed in a false bottom of his luggage. The second suspect is a businessman who had parcels of ephedrine weighing 51.5kg which he wanted to smuggle to Maputo, Mozambique. The suspects are being investigated” Udoh stated.
“I am a pastor with Gospel Faith Mission International, Olayemi Assembly, Ipaja Lagos. I attended a minister’s conference in Uganda. This bag where heroin was found is my bag but I am a pastor and not a drug trafficker” said the Oyo-born pastor.
There was actually no evidence that the suspect attended any minister’s conference in Uganda. Furthermore, he could not provide a reason for leaving Entebbe, Uganda en-route Addis Ababa to Enugu.
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