A 48-year-old mum of three, Saidat Hassan, who booked an Egypt Airline flight to Jidda, Saudi Arabia en-route Cairo suddenly became sick at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and in a split second, vomited fifteen wraps of white powdery substances which turned out to be cocaine.
The spokesperson for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said, “She was immediately apprehended by NDLEA officers, who later discovered that she had ingested 80 wraps of cocaine weighing 904 grammes.”
Punch reports when officials realized what she vomited was cocaine, they placed her under observation till she excreted 65 more wraps of the drug.
The NDLEA commander at the airport, Mr. Hamisu Lawan, said that efforts were made to protect her from any harm resulting from drug ingestion.
Hassan, who told officials that she is a native of Idiroko, Ogun State, but resides in Lagos Island, explained that she is a business woman who deals in clothing materials.
She said in her statement,
“I buy my goods from Ghana. I was introduced into the drug business by a friend and business partner. The drug was brought from Abidjan, Ivory Coast and we were supposed to share the proceeds equally.
Until my arrest, I never knew that the cocaine I ingested could have led to my death in Saudi Arabia. I thank God for keeping me alive.”
Commenting on the arrest, Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Col. Mohammad Abdallah (rtd.) said,
“A mother of three children swallowing cocaine is the height of parental ineptitude. I am glad that she did not die from drug ingestion and she is alive to face trial. This arrest has also saved her because drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia, her final destination, is punishable by death.
I expect the general public to draw lessons from this case that drug trafficking leads to immeasurable pain, ignominy and untimely death.”
Quick money, that is why i dn’t envy people cos u dn’t know the source of their money.
Na wa o
Shame on her
Can you imagine a mum of three at 48 Mtscheeeeeeewwww. All in the bid for money smh.
Is she daft she don’t know about sauda Arabia? She for die by hanging mtcheww stupid woman
Na God save her
Hnmmmm wonders shall never cease
Hmmm this is crazy…….. God have mercy. See the covering yet filled with evil.
God saved her
Nawoo even @ 48years, God hv mercy
Na wah. Why can’t pple learn from other pple’s experience. What a shame to her husband and kids
Shameful.
And tomorow when people see her swimming in money,they wil be like”this woman dey try for herself,she hussle pass others”.
Hmmm, what’s her gain now? People are just in a hurry to make quick money.
The quest for money will lead people to great beyond.
Na wao! Assume it was a successful, she will tell people it her business, not knowing that she’s a hard drug dealer
greed
Very foolish woman