Two notorious drug kingpins, Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian and Agbo Chidike Prince will now spend the rest of their lives in jail.
This follows their arrests and successful prosecution by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, and made available to newsmen on Sunday.
He said 43-year old Uwaezuoke,a businessman 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.
He was subsequently arraigned at the Federal High Court, Abuja Division and was granted bail on certain conditions after he pleaded not guilty but that he absconded, leading the court to revoke his bail and issue an arrest warrant against him.
On the other hand, 42-year-old Agbo Chidike Prince, Babafemi was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja during the outward clearance of Ethiopian Airlines flight to Hong Kong on 21st October 2023 for ingesting 49 wraps of cocaine weighing 998.73grams.
