Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team have arrested six men, suspected of selling cocaine and rohypnol in the Federal Capital Territory.

Cocaine weighing about 15 grams and 300 sachets of rohypnol (popularly called refnol) were alleged to have been recovered from them.
Flavision gathered that the suspects, identified as Azubike Kelechi, 40; Nnemaka Kalu, 38; Johnson Uche, 45; Jide Akinsanya, 37; and Apai Idoko, 30 were nabbed recently in Abuja and Kaduna State.

It was learnt that the suspects bought the addictive drugs from Lagos and Onitsha in Anambra State and sold them in the FCT in small bits.

When paraded during the week, Akinsanya, who is married with two children, said he was a furniture maker before switching to drug business.

He said,

I came to Abuja three years ago and used to work at Kugbo area. I started selling drugs two years ago after I met Lanre. He told me some people sent the drugs to him from Lagos through commercial buses.

We picked up the parcel at Giri and Nyanya areas of Abuja and took it to one Alhaji Yanyah who sells the drugs in bits. We used to supply him 20 to 30 grams every week. After the death of Lanre, I took over and started supplying Alhaji Nyanya. On each supply, I made N50, 000. I was arrested recently while making a supply. Alhaji Yanya is presently on the run.

Uche, who lived in Kurudu area of Abuja before his arrest, said he a fertiliser seller until last year when the business failed. He emphasized that his wife was pregnant at that point in time and that pressurized him.

He said,

I used the little money I have to start selling drugs. I was introduced to a dealer at Area 1. I used to buy one gram or two grams and resell in bits. One gram is N11, 000 and I realise N3, 000 or N4, 000 profit.

I started the business last July and spent most of the money I made from it on my wife’s delivery because she gave birth through surgery. I ran into trouble on February 21, 2020, after a customer called me and asked me to bring cocaine worth N4, 000. I was arrested while delivering the drug.

Idoko, father of two, who resided in Kaduna, said someone from Lagos supplied him cocaine. He stated that he used to buy between 20 and 30 grams per transaction.

Another suspect, Kalu, stated,

A friend, Kelechi, came to me and asked to help him order refnol and I called my contact from Onitsha, known as ND and I demanded five rolls. A roll is N51, 000. When it arrived, I sold the drug to Kelechi for N52, 000, because I am just trying to help him. It was two weeks ago that police arrested Kelechi and me. I didn’t know that refnol is a restricted drug.

Justin Nwosu

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