A 48-year-old France-bound businessman and prospective footballer, Emmanuel Orjinze has been arrested after failed attempts to traffic 111 wraps of cocaine on May 21.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted Orijinze at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja upon suspicion that he was not clean.
During the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 878 from Abuja to Paris, a body scan confirmed he ingested illicit drugs, he was immediately taken into custody.
The suspect, after days of observation in the agency custody, excreted the pellets of cocaine, weighing 1.603 kilograms over a period of three days.
When interrogated, Orijinze “claimed he does business in the maritime sector while still scouting for any European football club to engage him,” a statement by the NDLEA, signed by its spokesperson, Femi Babafemi revealed on Sunday.
