NDLEA arrests former Nigerian footballer, business partner, details emerge

Legit.ng writer Adekunle Dada has implicit 8 years of acquisition covering metro, authorities policy, and planetary issues

Ikeja, Lagos state - A erstwhile planetary football player, Segun George Hunkarin, and his businessman partner, Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu, person been arrested implicit an effort to smuggle a consignment of cocaine into Nigeria done the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) archetypal arrested Ntoruka upon his accomplishment astatine the Lagos airdrome connected Tuesday, June 24, 2025.

NDLEA arrests erstwhile Nigerian footballer, businessman. Photo credit: @ndlea_nigeria
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The NDLEA officers searched his carry-on container and discovered 37 wraps of cocaine weighing 800grams were concealed therein.

This was contained successful a connection issued by the NDLEA Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, connected Sunday, June 29, 2025, via the agency’s X grip @ndlea_nigeria.

According to Babafemi, Ntoruka is simply a predominant flyer known for conveying apparel from Turkey to Nigeria and foodstuffs from Nigeria to Turkey.

Babafemi said the Investigation showed that Ntoruka was coming from Turkey but transited done Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, wherever helium collected the luggage from different idiosyncratic earlier heading to Nigeria.

The NDLEA spokesperson said the erstwhile nonrecreational footballer, Segun Hunkarin, was tracked and arrested astatine the car parkland portion waiting to cod the consignment from Ntoruka.

According to Babafemi, Hunkarin had stayed for years successful Brazil playing for shot clubs.

Hunkarin confessed that helium had lone trafficked drugs doubly from Brazil to Ethiopia portion playing nonrecreational shot successful the South American country.

He, however, said helium had ne'er trafficked drugs to Nigeria.

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Recall that the NDLEA intercepted a monolithic shipment of drugs and seized 6 cardinal opioid pills and 332,000 bottles of codeine syrup, valued astatine N6.5 billion, successful Lagos and Rivers ports.

The cognition by the anti-narcotics bureau led to the apprehension of 2 British nationals, Mhizha Jordan Alexander Tatendra and Ayedipe Andrew Adejuwon, astatine Murtala Muhammed International Airport successful Lagos.

In a connection by Babafemi, the men were attempting to smuggle 51.10 kg of Loud cannabis.

NDLEA arrests Malaysian returnee for smuggling drugs

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the NDLEA operatives arrested a Malaysian returnee, Ndubuisi Udatu (aka Richard), for drug trafficking.

41-year-old Udatu was arrested with 2 elephantine music speakers utilized to conceal illicit drugs connected Monday, April 7, 2025.

The fishy is an ex-convict who had been arrested, convicted, and jailed for cause trafficking offences portion successful Malaysia earlier returning to Nigeria.

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Source: Legit.ng