Just in: Suspected notorious drug kingpins convicted, sentenced to prison
The two suspected notorious drug kingpins known as Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian and Agbo Chidike Prince have been convicted and sentenced to Prison.
The two convicts will spend the rest of their lives in jail, bringing an end to their years of criminal enterprise of exporting cocaine and across continents following their arrest and diligent prosecution by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
This was contained in a statement issued by the agency’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, April 28, 2024.
43-year-old businessman Uwaezuoke, was first arrested by NDLEA operatives on 19th March 2022 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja during the inward clearance of Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia after he was found to have ingested 100 big wraps of Cocaine weighing 2.243 kilograms.
Uwaezuoke was again arrested by NDLEA operatives on 1st August 2023, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos while attempting to export 1.822 kg of cocaine to India through ingestion using a different passport & under a different name, Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi.