NDLEA ivuga ko uyu mugabo yafashwe ku wa 13 Kanama 2026, ku kibuga cy’indege mpuzamahanga cya Murtala Muhammed i Lagos, ubwo yari agiye guhunga Nigeria afata indege yo mu cyiciro cya Business Class yari yerekeje i Paris mu Bufaransa.
Ifatwa rye ryabaye nyuma y’ifatwa ry’ibilo 184.5 bya cocaine, byari bihishwe mu mizigo yari igiye koherezwa mu mahanga binyuze muri sosiyete itwara imizigo i Lagos.
Umuyobozi wa NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa, yavuze ko iyo cocaine yari ifite agaciro gashobora kugera kuri miliyari 39 z’amanaira ya Nigeria, ni ukuvuga hafi miliyari 40 z’amafaranga y’u Rwanda.
NDLEA ivuga ko urwo rusobe rw’abacuruza ibiyobyabwenge rwakoreshaga Nigeria nk’ahantu ho kunyuzamo cocaine iva muri Amerika y’Epfo, mbere yo koherezwa mu Bwongereza, mu bindi bihugu by’u Burayi no muri Aziya.
KC Luxury akekwaho kuyobora ibikorwa muri Nigeria
NDLEA yatangaje ko Afolabi Kazeem Michael ari we ukekwaho kuba umuyobozi w’uruhande rwa Nigeria rw’uru rusobe.
Uyu mugabo yari azwi ku mbuga nkoranyambaga nk’umucuruzi ukora ubucuruzi bwa zahabu, imitako n’ibindi bicuruzwa by’agaciro. Yakoreshaga isura ye y’ubuzima bw’akataraboneka n’ibyo yakoraga ku mbuga nkoranyambaga nk’uburyo bwo guhisha ibikorwa by’ubucuruzi bw’ibiyobyabwenge, nk’uko NDLEA ibivuga.
NDLEA kandi yataye muri yombi undi muntu witwa Lawal Mujab Kehinde, wari umukozi wa sosiyete itwara imizigo. Uyu na we akekwaho kugira uruhare mu gutunganya no kohereza imizigo y’uru rusobe mu Bwongereza, mu bindi bihugu by’u Burayi no muri Aziya.
Yafatanwe amafaranga n’imitako ihenze
Ubwo Afolabi yafatwaga ku kibuga cy’indege, NDLEA yavuze ko yari afite amafaranga arimo €7,750, £2,800 na 100,000 naira, ndetse n’imitako ihenze.
Nyuma yo kumuta muri yombi, abakozi ba NDLEA bakoze isaka mu nzu ye y’akataraboneka iri ku kirwa cya Banana Island, Ikoyi, i Lagos, aho bavumbuye n’imodoka zihenze.
NDLEA ivuga ko iperereza ryerekanye kandi ko uru rusobe rwakoreshaga amazina y’ibinyoma mu guhisha abantu nyirizina boherezaga ibiyobyabwenge, ndetse rugakoresha abantu bashinzwe kwimura amafaranga menshi kugira ngo bahishe inkomoko yayo.
Abandi bakekwa bafatiwe mu Bwongereza
Umuyobozi wa NDLEA yavuze ko uru rusobe rwari rufite abantu bafitanye isano na rwo mu Bwongereza, bamwe muri bo bakaba baramaze gutabwa muri yombi n’abategetsi b’icyo gihugu.
Yavuze ko ifatwa ry’abakekwa muri Nigeria no mu Bwongereza ryabaye hafi icyarimwe, bikaba byaragizwemo uruhare n’ubufatanye mpuzamahanga mu kurwanya ubucuruzi bw’ibiyobyabwenge.
NDLEA yavuze ko uru rwego rwongereye igenzura ku byambu no ku bibuga by’indege, bigatuma abacuruza ibiyobyabwenge batangira gukoresha sosiyete zitwara imizigo nka imwe mu nzira zo kohereza ibiyobyabwenge mu mahanga.
Mohamed Marwa yaburiye abantu bakoresha ubuzima bw’akataraboneka, imodoka zihenze, imitako n’imbuga nkoranyambaga mu guhisha ibikorwa by’ubucuruzi bw’ibiyobyabwenge, avuga ko NDLEA izakomeza kubakurikirana.
Afolabi Kazeem Michael na mugenzi we bari bafashwe baracyakekwaho ibyaha; amakuru yatangajwe na PUNCH ntiyerekana ko urukiko rwari rwamaze kubahamya ibyo baregwa.