The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a commercial motorcyclist, popularly known as Okada rider, 48-year-old Onyechere Daniel Chinadu, following his arrival from Madagascar via Addis Ababa aboard an Ethiopian Airways flight at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, who made this known via a statement issued on Sunday, July 12, said the Okada rider was intercepted at the Terminal 2 arrival hall of the Lagos airport on June 28, 2026.
Babafemi said a thorough search of the suspect’s back pack, which he had checked in, led to the discovery of 87 wraps of methamphetamine concealed within cloths in his bag.
Babafemi stated that Onyechere claimed he has been working for 15 years as an Okada rider at Oke-Afo area of Lagos before his Uganda-based friend recruited him into drug trafficking.
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The NDLEA spokesman quoted Onyechere as saying that he ingested the recovered pellets of methamphetamine in Uganda before embarking on his planned journey to Madagascar to deliver the drug consignment.
He however said that upon arrival in Madagascar, he was denied entry by Immigration authorities.
As a result, his friend and sponsor, Ozor Igo, rerouted his flight to Lagos, where he was eventually arrested by NDLEA officers.
Babafemi stated: “The suspect was unable to state the exact number of pellets he had ingested in Uganda and as a result, he was placed under excretion observation for a period of three days.
“Between the date of his arrest and 1st of July, he was able to excrete 13 pellets in addition to the initial 87 wraps recovered from him, bringing the total number to 100 wraps of methamphetamine with a gross weight of 1.715 kilograms.”
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