Ex-footballer Arrested For Drug Trafficking
Fatimah Idera
An Ex-footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior, was arrested on Sunday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for drug trafficking.
Okafor was arrested in September on his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with 1.40kg of crack cocaine concealed in his bags.
Okafor who had 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.