The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Lagos-based fashion designer, Mrs. Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike, for attempting to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine to Abuja while pretending to be pregnant.
Ezewuike, 50, who runs Golden Star Creation, a fashion business in Ago Palace Way, Okota, was apprehended on Friday, August 22, 2025, at a bus terminal in Jibowu, Yaba, Lagos.
Her arrest was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday, August 24, 2025, by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi.
According to the agency, the suspect concealed the drugs by strapping them to her body under a fake baby bump.
“A 50-year-old widow and fashion designer, Mrs. Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over attempt to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine, using fake pregnancy as a façade to escape scrutiny and detection.
“The widow who is a mother of one and proprietress of Golden Star Creation, a fashion outfit in Ago palace way, Okota Lagos, was arrested at a bus terminal in Jibowu, Yaba area of the state on Friday 22nd August 2025 while attempting to move the cocaine consignment to customers in Abuja,” the statement read in part.
A follow-up search at her residence in Ago Palace led to the recovery of 200 grams of a cutting agent used in processing cocaine. NDLEA added that in her statement, she admitted inheriting the criminal trade from her late husband but claimed she had also run her fashion business for two decades.
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