The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a former footballer, Okafor Junior for trafficking cocaine.
Junior was arrested on September 26, at the Lagos International airport with 1.40kg of crack cocaine upon his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on board an Ethiopian airlines flight.
NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement said the 33-year-old suspect had concealed the illicit substance in the handles of his bags and padded the top edges of same with the class A drug.
According to the statement, “Okafor disclosed that he was an ex-footballer with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH Enugu FC, where he played for four seasons before leaving for Sri Lanka in 2014.
“He further stated that he moved to Brazil from Sri Lanka after playing for two seasons but could not advance his football career in Brazil due to lack of official documents.”
