The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has made another big arrest in Lagos, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport The agency recently nabbed a general overseer of the Christ Living Hope Church, Rev.
Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem with hard drugs Meanwhile, the man of God was caught while on his way to a crusade outside the shores of Nigeria with 54 sticks of drugs.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport for drug peddling. The cleric was arrested while on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya, with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body.
The agency spokesman, Femi Babafemi, made this disclosure through a statement issued on Sunday, March 13, on the official Facebook page of the NDLEA.
On how he was caught:
The youthful and popular preacher who has his church headquarters in Isuaniocha, Mgbakwu road, Awka, Awka North LGA, Anambra state, and two other branches in Lagos and Abuja, was arrested on Monday, March 7, during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi via Addis Ababa.
According to Babafemi, a laboratory test revealed that the sticks tested positive for cannabis. In the statement titled, ‘Church General Overseer arrested with drugs at Lagos airport’, the NDLEA said when the drugs were tested, the 54 sticks proved positive to cannabis.
According to the statement, the clergyman confessed during a preliminary interview that he packed that quantity of illicit substance on his body to use during his three weeks crusade in Kenya. How NDLEA nabbed notorious drug peddlers in Taraba In a similar event, operatives of the NDLEA in Taraba arrested one of the state’s most wanted person.
