Ojukwu’s Niece, Ijeoma Caught With Cocaine At Lagos Airport, NDLEA Official Also Nabbed. Ijeoma Ojukwu & 4 Others Arrested For Importing Cocaine Into Nigeria From Brazil Brazil-based Ijeoma Angel Ojukwu who arrived Nigeria from Brazil late last year has been arrested.
Ijeoma, a niece to late freedom fighter Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was arrested with an NDLEA official and 3 others while attempting to claim a bag containing 2.24kg of cocaine at the MMIA airpot in Lagos yesterday.
According to the NDLEA, Nnewi-born Ijeoma Ojukwu was part of an international drug trafficking ring operating from Brazil.
She reportedly bribed Ali Baba Adamu, an NDLEA official to facilitate the release of her bag at the airport.
On getting to the airport, she was caught as another NDLEA official saw the cocaine.