NDLEA Nabs Another Arik Air Staff

Another employee of Arik Air has been apprehended by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for drug trafficking.

On Monday, August 24, 2015, one Chika Egwu was arrested at the London Heathrow Airport with about 20kg of substance believed to be cocaine.

The latest arrest is of a catering loader with the airline, Ikechukwu Chibuzor Oliver. He was nabbed for being an accomplice to Chika.

Oliver, 35, reportedly confessed that Chika introduced him into the white powder business and was expecting to get N1.2 million from the deal.

The NDLEA, in a statement, disclosed that the Abia State-born graduate of Business Administration places the substance into meal packs meant for the passengers and then transfer it to Chika while onboard.

“Whenever Chika gives me the drug, I will hide it in catering supplies. Chika knows where to collect the drug inside the flight. They pay me N400,000 per bag. I was expecting N1.2m for the three bags that I smuggled into the aircraft,” Oliver was quoted in the statement.

NDLEA claimed the “quantity and estimated street value of the cocaine is over N100m”, while the “latest Range Rover (Land Rover) car belonging to the prime suspect parked on the airline’s premises had been moved to the NDLEA office as exhibit.”

“As part of investigation, the rented apartment of Chika on Pastor Ojediran Street Ejigbo, Lagos was searched by operatives of the NDLEA. He lives there with the mother and siblings while his wife and children are based in Canada,” the statement said.