Nigerians flying to Malaysia face heightened drug screening

      
  LAGOS  Nigerian authorities have placed a red alert on all passengers flying to Malaysia because of an alarming surge in the number of suspected drug traffickers arrested on that route, an official statement said.
Nigeria's anti-drug agency NDLEA said its boss, Ahmadu Giade, took the measure due to "the increasing number of arrests made on the route and the need to prevent obstinate drug traffickers from smuggling drugs to Malaysia where drug offences attract capital punishment."
Giade appealed to airlines and passengers travelling to Malaysia to submit to intensified security screening.
"The increasing number of arrests on the Nigeria-Malaysia route is alarming. We must be prepared to make sacrifices in protecting the image of the country and prevent the execution of our nationals abroad on account of drug crimes," he said.
The figure of suspected drug traffickers travelling to Malaysia arrested at Lagos airport rose sharply from two last year to 21 so far this year, NDLEA spokesman Ofoyeju Mitchell said.
A 38-year-old South African woman, Nene Fikile Happy-girl, and a Nigerian, Onyemaechi Remigus Chibuzor, 29, were arrested last week at the Lagos international airport as they tried to board an Emirate flight to Malaysia.
They were found in possession of methamphetamine, the agency said.

Baba Suwe's 'pooh-pooh' 1million Naira richer

Image Merchant Promotion, a publishing outfit in Abuja is offering popular Yoruba comedian Baba Suwe one million Naira for an exclusive right to to his story that is widely referred to as "expensive shit of Baba Suwe".

 The media organisation noted that the controversy over the case of the artiste was important to the public, as his continued detention had generated a lot of debate in both the economic and entertainment sectors.

Hajia Sikrat Yushau, the Chief Executive Officer of the outfit said, " “Not minding other interests by legal practitioners to represent Baba Suwe in suing the government and the anti-narcotics agency over his ordeal, in the event that he is innocent, we strongly believe that such information from publishers of factual publication like ours could interest the members of the public.”
After excreting three times in one week under strict surveillance and without any trace of hard drug in the excreta,  the comedian, Baba Suwe and his lawyer Mohammed Bashir will file N1 billion suit against the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over his arrest and detention on Monday.

Baba Suwe who was arrested on the 10th October at the Muhammed Murala International Airport on suspicion  to have ingested substances suspected to be hard drugs, but there has been no evidence to substantiate the claim, even after the suspect has defecated thrice under close observation.

Despite the fact that the ace actor had excreted  three times without any trace of drug found, the NDLEA said Baba Suwe would still continue to remain under its observation until he makes the fourth excretion.

What is your opinion on the NDLEA's handling of the drama.

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