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A fugitive cause trafficker who spent astir a decennary connected the tally aft jumping bail and a erstwhile nonrecreational footballer person been sentenced to a combined 24 years imprisonment for cocaine trafficking.
Security analyst, Zagazola Makama reported that Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court successful Lagos convicted the 2 men aft uncovering them blameworthy of cocaine trafficking offences.
According to the report, the convicts, Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu and erstwhile planetary footballer Segun George Hunkarin, were recovered blameworthy of offences linked to the importation of 7.05 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria.
Makama reported that Chinedu was archetypal arraigned successful 2015 for importing 6.25 kilograms of cocaine but absconded aft being granted bail, evading apprehension for astir 10 years.
He was rearrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, connected June 24, 2025, astatine the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, portion allegedly attempting to smuggle different 800 grams of cocaine into the state aboard an Ethiopian Airlines formation from Addis Ababa.
Investigations, according to the report, revealed that Chinedu collected the cause consignment during a stopover successful Addis Ababa aft travelling from Turkey.
The study added that NDLEA operatives besides arrested Hunkarin astatine the airdrome car park, wherever helium was allegedly waiting to person the c...
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