It wasn't a good day at all for Izuckwu when he was apprehended by NDLEA officers for drug possession. A former trader of clothes said he was tempted to go into drug trafficking after he was duped of 5 million naira.
He said:-
"I sell clothes on Lagos Island. My business was doing well until I was duped of N5m. Since then, I have been living from hand to mouth.
“I bought the hemp for N104, 000 and I learnt that I could sell it for $9,000 in China. That was the reason I decided to smuggle drugs,” Izuckwu said.
The Chairman of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, said the suspect’s reason for engaging in the crime was baseless.
“Somebody who could afford a return ticket and buy drugs worth N100,000 is not a pauper,” Giade said.
He said he was happy that the suspect was arrested in Nigeria, adding that he might have faced the death penalty if apprehended in China.
Question now is:- For someone who bought hemp of 104,000 naira, and got a return ticket to China, isn't that enough money to start up his business?
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