The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, arrested a fake couple: Mr Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and Mrs Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum, who were allegedly on their way to India for medical treatment after ingesting 184 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.322 kilograms, with 100grams of the drug also hidden in the woman’s private part.
According to a statement issued by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, the two suspects were apprehended on Tuesday 1st August 2023 at Screening Point 1, Terminal 1 of the international wing of the Lagos airport while attempting to board an Ethiopian airline trip to India. Even though their travel paperwork state that their names are consistent and that they are a couple, an NDLEA officer decided to submit them to a body scan.
The scan revealed that they had both consumed drugs, and they were afterwards placed under excretion observation at the Agency’s facility.
“While their travel documents identify the man as Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and the lady to be Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum, preliminary investigation revealed that the intending passengers were not a couple but obtained the travel documents in the same surname to beat security checks at the airport. The lady later gave her real name as Ngogbike Nkechi.
“During her interview, she confessed that she was recruited in her church in Aba, Abia state where she lives. The suspect, Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum (aka Ngogbike Nkechi) stated further that she is a divorcee, and that Kingsley with whom she was travelling is not her husband but connected only for the illicit drug business trip.
“She revealed that her arranged husband, Kingsley brought the pellets of cocaine to her in her room to ingest in the hotel where they were both lodged in separate rooms the previous day Monday 31st July,” the statement read.
Babafemi went on to say that after their arrest, a thorough check of her led to the finding of a large wrap of cocaine weighing 100 grams that she had pushed inside her private area. She admitted that she had been offered $5,000 if the medicine was successfully delivered in India.
”In his statement, Kingsley, who worked in the textile industry in Onitsha, Anambra state, claimed he was promised $2,000 after successfully delivering the medication in India. A subsequent review of the Agency’s crime database found that Kingsley also obtained his travel documents under a false identity for the trip,” according to the statement.
Babafemi further stated that Kingsley was apprehended by NDLEA agents at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on March 19, 2022, for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 2.243kgs upon his arrival from Addis Abeba, Ethiopia on board an Ethiopian airline flight. He claimed that the suspect’s travel documents afterwards revealed his true name: Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian. He stated that the suspect was arraigned in court and granted bail and that he was still on bond when he was apprehended for drug trafficking this time.
“After his arrest at the Abuja airport on 19th March 2022 along with another suspect, Iro Elvis Uche who also ingested 65 wraps of cocaine with a gross weight of 1.376kgs, Uwaezuoke was subsequently arraigned before Justice Zainab Abubakar of the Federal High Court Abuja with charge number: FHC/ABJ/CR/438/2022. He was eventually granted bail by the court pending the conclusion of his trial. He is still on court bail when he was arrested at the Lagos airport for a similar offence on Tuesday 1st August. While Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi (aka Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian) excreted a total of 82 wraps of cocaine with a gross weight of 1.822kgs in five excretions, Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum (aka Ngogbike Nkechi) egested 101 wraps in four excretions with a bid size wrap of the substance recovered from her private part, all weighing 1.50kgs.”
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