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Mrs. Sylvester Onome, a pregnant woman, was detained by agents of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the NAHCO export shed of the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State after 800 grams of skunk were allegedly found hidden in two miniature radio sets she was shipping to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

In a statement on Sunday, the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the event and added that the suspect was taken into custody on January 30.

The statement read, “Another housewife, Mrs Okpara Chizoba, was arrested at her residence at 37, Obashola Street, Ijesha, Lagos, on Friday, January 27, following the seizure of 300g of skunk hidden in a bag of crayfish she was sending to Dubai, UAE, through a freight agent.

“In the same vein, operatives at the SAHCO export shed of the airport on Thursday, January 26, intercepted a sack of new clothes going to Sierra Leone.

“During a thorough search of the consignment, a parcel of white crystalline substance that tested positive to methamphetamine with a gross weight of 1kg, as well as 300g of skunk and 100g ecstasy were recovered. A freight agent, Mfonabasi Joseph, was already arrested in connection with the seizure,” Babafemi added.

He said that on January 2nd, operatives in the Jekadefari region of Gombe State also detained a 40-year-old secondary school teacher named Sani Isah for trafficking a brand-new psychoactive drug called Akuskura.

He was caught with precisely 2,198 bottles of the drug hidden in six suitcases, despite saying he started the illegal enterprise in 2018.

In a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, a supporter of Bola Tinubu’s bid for the presidency of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023, requested permission to take part in the distribution of sensitive election-related materials.

Oluomo who is also the general manager of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee (LSPMC) in his letter to INEC appealed to be allowed to distribute sensitive electoral materials and transport election officials on Election Day.

According to reports, the LSPMC recalled that the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) had been suspended in Lagos state in a letter dated January 12, 2023, and received by INEC on January 16, 2023.

He pleaded with INEC to break off all ties to the union and cooperate with the LSPMC to successfully distribute sensitive election materials around the state.

Oluomo further notified INEC in the letter that various states, including Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, and Osun, are no longer part of the NURTW.

The aforementioned states are governed by their own state parks and garages associations, claims Tinubu’s ally.

He claimed that in order to prevent technical, logistical, and deployment issues that would have an impact on the states’ elections, a notification and request letter to INEC became essential.