The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos for drug trafficking.
He was arrested while on his way to a crusade in Nairobi, Kenya, with drugs.
Spokesman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said the popular preacher was arrested with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body.
According to him, Ekem who arrived the airport on Ethiopian Airlines flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa was intercepted during the inward clearance of passengers.
He said Ekem, who has his church headquartered in Isuaniocha, Mgbakwu road, Awka, Awka North LGA, Anambra State, was arrested on Monday 7th March, 2022.
“When tested, the 54 sticks proved positive to cannabis. The clergyman confessed during preliminary interview that he packed that quantity of illicit substance on his body to use during his three weeks crusade in Kenya,” he said.
