I was promised N1m -53 year old shoe merchant who inserted 386 grammes of cocaine in his anu

Ike & Otaka

A 53-year-old shoe merchant, Lekwauwa Mark Otaka, was arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Wednesday,He inserted 386 grammes of cocaine into his anus over a promise of N1 million to traffic the drugs to Cambodia.


Also,57-year-old Odogwu Augustine Ike, an automobile dealer in Onitsha, Anambra State was arrested with 2.150kg of heroin from Tanzania.

The agency’s Commander at the Abuja Airport, Hamisu Lawan said

 “Odogwu Augustine Ike was caught with 110 wraps of heroin weighing 2.150kg from Tanzania on an Ethiopian Airline flight, while Otaka was found to have inserted seven wraps of cocaine weighing 386 grammes into his anus on an Egypt Airline flight to Cambodia. Both suspects are currently under investigation.”

Otaka, an Aba-based shoe merchant, said:

“I was afraid of swallowing the drugs so I chose the insertion method. I inserted 386 grammes of cocaine into my anus in my desperation to get N1 million promised.”

 On his part, Ike, said to have excreted 110 wraps of heroin, revealed that he was promised N600,000 to smuggle the drug. The father of four, who hails from Anambra State, blamed his action on financial hardship.