Drug trafficking: NDLEA arrests ex-footballer in Lagos airport 

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an ex-footballer named Okafor Emmanuel Junior, with 1.40kg crack cocaine concealed neatly in his traveling bag.

In a statement on Sunday, by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the 33-year-old man was arrested on September 26, 2022 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on board an Ethiopian airlines flight.

During interrogation, “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. He further stated that he moved to Brazil from Sri Lanka after playing for two seasons but could not advance his football career in Brazil due lack of official documents.”

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