56-year-old widow captured with cocaine in footwears at Lagos airport
Ajisegiri Kehinde Sidika, a 56-year-old widow and mother of four, has been arrested over her attempt to traffic 400grams of cocaine concealed in her footwear to Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Sidika was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.
The suspect who claims to be a businesswoman trading in adult and children’s wear on Lagos Island was intercepted on Sunday 13th November while trying to board a Qatar Airways flight going to Saudi Arabia via Doha.
Upon a critical examination of the pair of sandals she was wearing, two parcels of cocaine weighing 400grams were recovered from them.
