A 60 year old resident pastor of the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim
and Seraphim at Agodo-Egbe, Ikotun Lagos, Prophet Micheal Raji, has been
arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA
over unlawful attempt to export of 174 kilogrammes of hard narcotic
drugs worth N609 million to South Africa.
Prophet Raji, believed
to be a member of a drug trafficking syndicate, concealed 91kg of
Methamphetamine and 83kg of Ephedrine with an estimated street value of
N609 million in different foodstuffs tied in polythene bags.
According
to Vanguard, Prophet Michael Raji was arrested with the drug at the
cargo section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA)
during pre-shipment examination.
A statement by NDLEA says he was found with three international passports bearing his name with his picture
“Preliminary
investigation has indicated that the 60 year old suspect Michael Raji
is a top member of a drug syndicate operating in Nigeria, Ghana and
South Africa. The pastor had three international passports bearing his
photographs. One of the passports bears the name Michael Raji while the
other two bear the name Kadigun Fatah Ola. It was equally discovered
that the church premises where he ministers also serves as a warehouse
for narcotics,” NDLEA said. Speaking on his arrest, the NDLEA commander
at the Lagos Airport, Mr. Hamza Umar said “I can tell you that this
suspect is a smooth operator but we have uncovered his bag of tricks.
The drugs were brought to the airport for export to South Africa where
it was detected. Investigation eventually traced the movement of the
drugs to his church premises where he was arrested,” Hamza stated.
REPORTED BY ELITE TRIBUNE
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