The General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for drug trafficking.
He was nabbed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport with the illicit substance carefully concealed on his body.
Operatives of the drug law agency arrested Rev Ekwem while he was on a his way to a 3-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body.
He was apprehended during outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi via Addis Ababa.
The cleric has his church headquarters in Isuaniocha, Mgbakwu road, Awka, Awka North LGA, Anambra state and two other branches in Lagos and Abuja
Femi Babafemi, spokesman of the agency, in a statement titled, ‘Church General Overseer arrested with drugs at Lagos airport’, the NDLEA said when the drugs were tested, the 54 sticks proved positive to cannabis.
Babafemi disclosed that the cleric during preliminary interview revealed that he packed that quantity of illicit substance on his body to use during his three weeks crusade in Kenya.
Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant.
While commending the officers and men of the MMIA, Chairman/ Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) charged them and their colleagues across the country to stay focussed and intensify efforts to rid Nigeria of illicit drugs.
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