The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared Faith Ugochi, a prophetess and founder of Christ Power Adoration Ministries, and Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Simba Allen, a couple, in Rivers state for alleged drug trafficking.
They Prophetess couple have been accused of recruiting teenage girls to trade in illicit drugs.
In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s director of media, said 32.70 kilograms of “loud”, a strong variant of cannabis concealed in cartons of used wears, were linked to the prophetess and the couple after it was seized at the Lagos airport in November 2022.
Babafemi said they are allegedly arrowheads of an international syndicate operating from Los Angeles, US.
“A freight agent, Ukoh Ifeanyi 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),” he said.
“The 15-year-old Favour was the first sales girl to be arrested at a fuel station in Ajah area of Lagos. She thereafter led the operatives to a duplex accommodation around the Ikate area of Lekki, which was later discovered to be a rented apartment by the criminal group purposely for four young girls that the syndicate uses for marketing and distribution of illicit drugs.
“Another girl, Shalom who is a fresh graduate of Agricultural Science from Rivers State University of Science and Technology was picked from the house alongside Favour.
“Investigation was able to establish that Favour and Shalom were recruited as salesgirls in the illicit drug trade by Prophetess Faith Ugochi of Christ Power Adoration Ministries, using her church platform to recruit teenage girls brought to her for help, on behalf of the celebrity couple: Igho Ubiribo (aka Tiny) and Danielle Simba Allen (aka Dani), who are the owners of the business, while Edward Omatseye (aka Montana) coordinates the illicit drug trade activities for them in Nigeria, with Nnochiri Chidinma Promise as representative of Ben Cargo Ltd, a freight company responsible for the shipment of illicit consignments into the country.
“A letter of invitation sent to Prophetess Faith Ugochi of Christ Adoration Ministries, No. 27 Anozie Street, Mile 2, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 28th November 2022 was received and acknowledged by her mother, with whom she runs the Church.”
Meanwhile, the media director said NDLEA operatives arrested one Abdurrashid Musa, 33, with 142.8kg of cannabis in Soba LGA of Kaduna stat
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