PHOTO STORY: I Wanted To Raise N5m Ransom To Free My Mother From Bandits, Says Woman Arrested With Illicit Drug By NDLEA

PHOTO STORY: I Wanted To Raise N5m Ransom To Free My Mother From Bandits, Says Woman Arrested With Illicit Drug By NDLEA

A female passenger, Jatau Lydia Lami, has been arrested by the eagle-eyed operatives of the NDLEA at the Lagos Airport for attempting to export 1,700 tablets of Tramadol 225mg concealed in her luggage to Istanbul, Turkey via a Turkish Airline flight on Sunday, July 31, 2022.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect, a mother of three, hails from Zango Kataf LGA of Kaduna State and lives in Istanbul, Turkey with her family.

According to a statement signed by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, she blamed her action on pressure to raise N5million ransom to free her mother from the captivity of bandits, who kidnapped her since June, 2022.