Officials
of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for trafficking substances found to
be heroin have arrested a Burundian, Aisha Uwimana.
A
statement by the NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said
Uwimana was caught at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport with 2.390
kilogrammes of heroin hidden in her hand luggage. She had boarded Rwanda Air
from Burundi into Nigeria.
NDLEA
Airport Commander, Mr. Hamzar Umar, confirmed the arrest.
Uwimana
in her statement to narcotic investigators claimed a Nigerian boyfriend gave
the bag to her. She said,
“My boyfriend gave me the bag he brought from Tanzania. He promised to marry me
and take care of my only daughter.
“We
were to come to Nigeria together but he later said that he will join me the
following day. I trusted him because he was nice to me.”
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