NDLEA invites Arik Air crew over arrest of steward with cocaine
(Nigeria) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on
Wednesday, said it had invited the entire crew on Arik Air flight W3101 that
left the country for London Heathrow Airport for questioning over the apprehension in United Kingdom, of Chika Udensi in possession of 20kg of cocaine.
Spokesperson
of the agency, Mr Mitchel Ofoyeju, in a statement, said that the entire crew members including
some support staff that worked on the flight before it departed Lagos were
currently before narcotic investigators at the Ikoyi Headquarters of the NDLEA.
``They include two pilots and members of the cabin crew
comprising an Australian and a South African. The invitation which was made by
the Agency was swiftly complied with by the management of Arik Air.
``The crew members were conveyed to the NDLEA office in an
official bus belonging to Arik Air.
The statement explained that the action was part of ongoing
investigations into their level of involvement in the smuggling of 20 kg of
cocaine found with one Chika Udensi in London.
``The latest Range Rover car belonging to the prime suspect
parked on the airline’s premises had also been moved to the NDLEA office as
exhibit." the statement said.
The statement said that the NDLEA Chairman, Mr Ahmadu Giade
had promised to carry out elaborate investigation in the case.
It assured the public that all culprits would be identified
and prosecuted.
It added that the agency had made remarkable progress in
counter-narcotic efforts and would resist any act capable of reversing the
gains.
Udensi, a steward with the Arik airline was apprehended in
UK in possession of 20kg of cocaine
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