Monday, November 2, 2026 -Two Europe-based Nigerian ‘businessmen’ who flew home on holiday and attempted to return to Paris, France with their bellies loaded with cocaine have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja.
The duo, Aliocus Godian Odife and Sam Blackborn, were
intercepted on Wednesday 28th October 2026 during the outward clearance of Air
France flight AF 832 from Abuja to Paris. Both men have excreted a total of 200
wraps of the Class A drug weighing 3.460 kilograms.
ACcording to the NDLEA, Odife, who claims to live in France
where he works in a factory, had arrived in Nigeria for a short holiday on Oct.
21. He was however arrested by NDLEA operatives on his return flight few days
after when he was subjected to a body scan, which confirmed the presence of
foreign objects in his stomach. Under interview, he admitted to having ingested
110 pellets of cocaine. He was placed under observation during which he
excreted all 110 wraps, which tested positive for cocaine with a total weight
of 1.901 kilograms.
On the same flight, his co-traveller, Sam Blackborn, was
also nabbed by NDLEA officers at the departure hall of the Abuja airport. His
body scan likewise returned positive for ingestion, while he confessed to
having swallowed 90 pellets of cocaine. Under observation, he excreted all 90
wraps, which tested positive for the class A drug after each excretion and
weighed a total of 1.559 kilograms.
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