No fewer than 45 Nigerian nationals are being
detained by the Ethiopian authorities for alleged drugs trafficking and related
offences, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A top official of the
Embassy of Nigeria in Addis Ababa, who preferred not be mentioned, told NAN
that the suspected traffickers, including seven ladies, were arrested at the
Addis Ababa International Airport within a period of five months. The suspects
are being detained in various detention facilities within the city while
awaiting trial in accordance with international laws on trafficking of drugs
and other related offenses. The embassy official said the suspected traffickers
were on transit through the Addis Ababa Airport from countries in South America
being points of origin. The official said most of the suspects were heading to
Nigeria and some countries in West Africa being their destination points. NAN
learnt that various kilogrammes of substances suspected to be cocaine, heroin
and other similar drugs were found on the suspects and their luggage by
scanners and electronic detectors at the airport. The embassy had confirmed
that one of the suspects had died of drugs complications in his organs few days
after he was arrested. The officials, who visited the suspects in the various
facilities within the city, confirmed that they would soon be arraigned in
courts according to international law on drugs trafficking. Meanwhile, no fewer
than 18 Nigerians, including four ladies, are serving various jail terms of
between five and 14 years by the Ethiopian authorities for similar offence. Source ( Allafrica.com)
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
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