A 50-year-old widow and fashion designer, Mrs. Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike, has been nabbed using fake pregnancy as a façade to escape scrutiny and detection.
She was arrested with 1.3kg of cocaine by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as she attempted to traffic the cocaine.
The widow who is a mother of one and proprietress of Golden Star Creation, a fashion outfit in Ago Palace way, Okota Lagos, was arrested at a bus terminal in Jibowu, Yaba area of the state on Friday, 22nd August 2025 while attempting to move the cocaine consignment to customers in Abuja.
Femi Babafemi, the Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja disclosed on Sunday, 23rd August, 2025 that a follow up operation at her house in Ago palace area led to the recovery of 200 grams of cutting agent used in the production of a strain of cocaine.
In her confessional statement, Ezewuike claimed she inherited the criminal trade from her husband who died two years ago, while she has been in the fashion business for 20 years.
In the same vein, Commands and formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, sensitization activities to schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in the past week.
These include: WADA enlightenment lecture to women and teachers at Women Islamiyya School, Kanti Central mosque, Kanti, Katsina state; students and staff of Fathul Bari Islamiyya, Hayin Gwarmai, Bebeji LGA, Kano; while the Abia state command of NDLEA paid WADA advocacy visit to Governor Alex Otti just as Zone 4 command of the Agency paid WADA advocacy visit to HRH Andoma of Doma, Alhaji Ahmadu Aliyu Ogah in his palace in Doma, Nasarawa state.
While commending the officers and men of DOGI, Lagos, Kano, Kogi, Kwara, Taraba, Delta, Adamawa, FCT, Ondo, Ekiti and Edo Commands for the arrests, seizures and their dexterity, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) enjoined them and their colleagues across the country to continue with the ongoing balanced approach to the drug control efforts of the Agency.
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