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A Nigerian businessman has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after he was caught hiding cocaine inside his private part at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, February 1.
The suspect, Uche Franklin Onyekwere, was arrested on Thursday, January 29, 2026, during the arrival of a South African Airways flight from Brazil via Johannesburg, following processed intelligence.
Babafemi said a body scan showed drug concealment.
Onyekwere was then subjected to a strip search, during which “a big parcel of white powdery substance,” later confirmed to be cocaine, was found wrapped around his right thigh.
“When the 47-year-old suspect was taken for a full body scan, the result confirmed illicit drug concealment,” Babafemi said.
“As a result, he was subjected to a strip search, during which a big parcel of white powdery substance, which later tested positive for cocaine, was discovered wrapped around his right thigh.”
Babafemi also added that two more wraps of the drug were discovered hidden inside the soles of the suspect’s footwear.
In total, the agency said, “Three large wraps of cocaine, with a gross weight of 1.60 kilograms, were recovered from his body and footwear.”
During a preliminary interview, Babafemi said Onyekwere admitted he bought the drugs in Brazil and planned to sell them in Nigeria.
Onyekwere claimed that the funds were intended “to raise capital to boost his business and also finance the naming ceremony of his newly born child,” according to Babafemi.
NDLEA added that the suspect, who lives in Rua Ever, Mulariuha, São Paulo, claimed he has lived in Brazil since 2008 and has operated a toy business for about nine years.
