Two women and Akwa Ibom Pastor are in the custody of National Drug law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for attempting to export 90 kilograms of methamphetamine to Cameroon.
The suspects are alleged to be sponsored by Pastor Anietie Okon Effiong of Promise of Zion Church, Oron, Akwa Ibom State.
Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, October 23, 2022, said the women, Hauwawu Bashiru and Basirat Adebisi Yahaya, were arrested in Lagos and moved to Uyo to face charges along with the clergyman.
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Recall that Pastor Effiong was earlier arrested in connection with the meth believed to have been imported from India.
The consignment packed in three drums and loaded into a commercial bus with registration number RSH 691XC at Ojuelegba in Lagos was intercepted during a stop-and-search operation along Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Highway on Saturday, August 6, 2022.
The dangerous drug locally called Mkpuru Mmiri is meant for onward delivery to the Republic of Cameroon.
