Okafor Emmanuel Junior, an ex-footballer, has been arrested with cocaine by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil, via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Okafor was arrested with 1.40kg of crack cocaine said to be concealed in his bags, according to the anti drug agency.
Spokesman of the Agency Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday, said that the 33-year-old indigene of Abia State was arrested on September 26 after anti-narcotic officers discovered that he concealed the illicit substance in the handles of his bags and padded the top edges of the bags with the Class A drug.
Okafor, upon interrogation, reportedly said he was once a footballer with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu FC, where he played for four seasons before leaving for Sri Lanka in 2014