The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared a Port Harcourt-based prophetess and founder of Christ Power Adoration Ministries Faith Ugochi and a celebrity couple Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Allen wanted.
A statement by the NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi on Sunday said they are wanted for allegedly recruiting teenage girls into drug trafficking while they serve as the arrowheads of an international syndicate operating from Los Angeles, USA.
The statement said the lid was blown off the cartel when NDLEA operatives at Lagos airport intercepted a consignment of 32.70kg of Loud, a strong variant of Cannabis concealed in cartons of used wears on Wednesday, November 16, 2022.
A freight agent Ukoh Oguguo was immediately arrested while further investigations led to the arrest of four more suspects: Chikodi Favour; Obiyom Shalom Chiamaka; Nnochiri Chidinma Promise and Edward Omatseye (aka Montana).
“Investigation was able to establish that Favour and Shalom were recruited as sales girls in the illicit drug trade by Prophetess Faith Ugochi” the statement said.
It added that Ugochi allegedly used her church as platform to recruit teenage girls brought to her on behalf of Ubiribo (aka Tiny) and Danielle (aka Dani) alleged owners of the business.
Nnochiri and Omatseye have already been charged to court and are currently facing trial at the Federal High Court, Lagos alongside Ben Cargo Ltd, a freight company which had been linked to two previous drug seizures and also involved in the current case.
The agency said it invited the celebrity couple and the cleric for questioning but they did not show up.
It also said it got a court order to declare them wanted, freeze their bank accounts, and seize property linked to them in Lagos and Port Harcourt.
