China-based businessman, two Angolans excrete 236 Cocaine pellets

By Kazeem Ugbodaga

A China-based Nigerian businessman and two Angolan nationals have excreted a total of 236 wraps of cocaine following their arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport.

Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

Babafemi said the 34-year-old suspect, Ibeanu Vincent Chukwudulue, was arrested on Wednesday, 4th February 2026, while onboard a Qatar Airways flight QR1432 from Kano to China via Abuja and Doha.

He stated that acting on credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives at the Abuja airport requested that the suspect be deboarded for screening, after which he was subjected to a body scan that confirmed he had ingested illicit drugs.

Babafemi added that the suspect was subsequently placed under observation and later excreted 52 pellets of cocaine weighing 735.95 grams.

According to him, Ibeanu, in his statement, claimed he was previously into business on Lagos Island before relocating to Guangzhou, China, in 2024.

Babafemi further revealed that two Angolan nationals, Mbandu Martins Makiadi, 50, and Ngoma Wilson Fernando, 52, were intercepted on the same day at the screening point of the departure hall of Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport while attempting to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight ET940 to Istanbul, Turkey, via Addis Ababa.

He stated that body scans conducted on the suspects confirmed ingestion of illicit drugs, prompting their placement under observation.

Babafemi said Mbandu excreted 76 wraps of cocaine weighing 920 grams in seven excretions, while Ngoma expelled 108 pellets weighing 1.33 kilograms in five excretions.

He added that the suspects, who hail from Hoji Ya Henda in Luanda, Angola, confessed during interrogation that they were recruited by a Luanda-based automobile spare parts dealer who promised to pay them $3,000 each upon successful delivery of the consignments in Turkey.