Mother of 7, ex-soldier’s wife arrested with hard drugs inside private part

.We went into drug because our husbands abandoned us
—Suspects
By Evelyn Usman & Daniel Eteghe
Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,
NDLEA, yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed International
Airport, Lagos, arrested two housewives for ingesting about
2.635 kilogrammes of cocaine and hiding some quantity in
their underwear and private part.



They arrested by the operatives while attempting to board a
Qatar Airways flight to China.
One of the suspects, Mrs. Alaka Deburah Uzoma, 47, was
found with 1.180 kilogrammes of cocaine as she inserted
260 grammes of substance in her private part and also
ingested 60 wraps weighing 920 grammes.
The second suspect, Mrs. Chukwujekwu Chinyere Priscilla, a
45 years old housewife, was caught with 1.455
kilogrammes of cocaine as she packed 59 wraps on her
body, inserted one parcel weighing 1.285 kilogrammes in
her vagina and ingested ten wraps weighing 170 grams.
Recounting her ordeal, Mrs. Chukwujekwu Chinyere Priscilla
said she wanted to establish herself financially to take care
of her children, stressing that was the major reason she got
involved in smuggling drug.
“I am married to a soldier but he abandoned me ten years
ago when he retired from the Army. I got married early
because there was no money for me to further my studies
after my primary education. ‘’Since then, my life has been
sorrowful. I sell female clothes and shoes to take care of my
children. I met a man at the market who promised to assist
me in my business by making me an importer. This was
how we began to talk on phone.
‘’He gives me recharge cards and money to sustain myself.
It was the day I was to travel that he told me that I will take
drugs to China. He took me to a hotel where I was given the
drugs and six thousand dollars to buy my goods in China.
‘’I could only swallow ten wraps, so I forced some in my
vagina and packed others in my underwear.”
The second suspects, Mrs. Alaka Deborah Uzoma, also said
that her husband abandoned her with seven children.
“I sell female bags and shoes to sustain myself and my
children. My husband left me in 2005 and since then, I have
been facing several challenges. I took loan to travel to China
and in the process, I incurred huge debt which compounded
my problems.
“At a point, I had no money for food, school fees and even
house rent. This was what made me to smuggle drugs. I
swallowed 59 wraps of drugs all through the night because
of 6,000 dollars.
‘’I also packed some in my underwear and one in my vagina.
It was a terrible experience. I feel so sad that I have to end
up this way as a Christian,” she lamented.
Speaking on the arrest, NDLEA Commander at the Lagos
Airport, Mr. Hamza Umar, said the suspects were desperate
drug traffickers, having to ingest and insert drugs in their
vagina.
Mr. Umar said: “These women are curiously desperate for
ingesting drugs, packing some on their bodies and inserting
in their vagina.”

Meanwhile, chairman of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, said the

action of the women was disgraceful, adding that it was

better they were caught in Nigeria instead of China where
there was capital punishment for drug trafficking.
“It is good that the drugs were detected here by our officials
because China has capital punishment for drug trafficking.
‘’This arrest has saved them from death and the country
from embarrassment. Their action was utterly disgraceful
because as mothers they ought to show good example for
their children to emulate,” Giade said.
He said the suspects would soon be charged to court for
drug smuggling.