Nigerian ex-footballer, Okafor Junior has been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
Okafor was apprehended at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on board an Ethiopian airlines flight with 1.40 kilogrammes of crack cocaine.
Okafor, a 33-year-old indigene of Arochukwu Local Government Area, Abia State was arrested on Monday, September 26, 2022, after anti-narcotic officers discovered he concealed the illicit substance in the handles of his bags and padded the top edges of the bags.
NDLEA, in a statement by its Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said; “During a preliminary interview, Okafor disclosed that he was an ex-footballer with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu FC, where he played for four seasons before leaving for Sri Lanka in 2014.”
“He further stated that he moved to Brazil from Sri Lanka after playing for two seasons but could not advance his football career in Brazil due to lack of official documents.”
