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NDLEA Arrests Ex-Nigerian Footballer With Cocaine

Tare Magbei
Tare Magbei
Published: April 20, 2025
Last updated: April 20, 2025
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, have arrested a former Nigerian footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior.

Okafor was nabbed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, upon arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa on board an Ethiopian airlines flight.

He was caught with 1.40kg of crack cocaine concealed in his bags.

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NDLEA Arrests Ex-Nigerian Footballer With Cocaine | Daily Report Nigeria

This was revealed by the NDLEA Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, via in a statement on Sunday, October 2.

Babafemi said the the 33-year-old indigene of Arochukwu Local Government, Abia State was arrested on Monday 26th September 2022 after anti-narcotic officers discovered he concealed the illicit substance in the handles of his bags and padded the top edges of same with the class A drug.

Upon interrogation, Okafor revealed that he was a former footballer with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH Enugu FC, where he played for four seasons before leaving for Sri Lanka in 2014.

Okafor furthered moved to Brazil from Sri Lanka after playing for two seasons, but could not advance his football career due lack of official documents.

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