A pilgrim heading to Medina, Saudi Arabia, to perform the
annual pilgrimage has tested positive to narcotic ingestion at the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
said in a statement Friday.
55-year-old Basira Binuyo was arrested during the outward
screening of passengers on an Emirate flight to Medina through Dubai.
“She has so far excreted 76 pellets of drugs that tested
positive for cocaine,” said Hamisu Lawan, NDLEA commander at the Abuja airport.
“Meanwhile, she is still under observation until the drugs
are completely expelled.”
Mrs. Binuyo hails from Irepodun local government area of
Kwara State and is married with three children.
Mrs. Binuyo, a trader at Dosumu market, Lagos, was quoted as
saying she needed money to expand her business.
“I wanted to expand my cosmetic business but I have no
money,”she said. “My sponsor offered to foot my expenses to Saudi on
pilgrimage. I was excited until I was asked to take drugs along.
“I wanted to decline but considering the offer of a million
naira, I accepted. I swallowed the drugs in Lagos and took flight to Abuja on
my way to Medina but I was caught in the process.”
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