NDLEA nabs church GO with 54 sticks of drug enroute crusade
General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem was on Monday arrested by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos for being in possession of prohibited drugs.
A statement signed by NDLEA Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said the clergyman was arrested with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya.
The statement said Ekwem was arrested during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi via Addis Ababa.
“Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos while on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya, with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body.
“The youthful and popular preacher who has his church headquarters in Isuaniocha, Mgbakwu road, Awka, Awka North LGA, Anambra state and two other branches in Lagos and Abuja, was arrested on Monday 7th March, during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi via Addis Ababa.
“When tested, the 54 sticks proved positive to cannabis. The clergyman confessed during preliminary interview that he packed that quantity of illicit substance on his body to use during his three weeks crusade in Kenya,” the statement read.
The NDLEA also announce the arrest of Nnakeanyi Chukwuka King who was found with forty (40) parcels of Cocaine concealed inside bottles of body cream with a gross weight of 9.70kg after arriving the Lagos airport from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa on an Ethiopian Airline flight.
