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 concealed in a pregnancy disguise.
Ezewuike, 50, who operates Golden Star Creation, a fashion outfit located along Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos, was apprehended on Friday, August 22, 2025, at a bus terminal in Jibowu, Yaba, while preparing to board a vehicle to Abuja.
Her arrest was confirmed in a statement released on Sunday, August 24, 2025, by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi. According to the agency, Ezewuike strapped the illicit substance to her body in a manner that mimicked a baby bump, hoping to evade suspicion.
“Operatives, acting on intelligence, intercepted the suspect at the Jibowu terminal and upon a thorough search, discovered 1.3 kilograms of cocaine carefully concealed under the clothing she used to pad her stomach to appear pregnant,” the statement read in part.
Babafemi explained that the interception is part of the agency’s intensified clampdown on drug trafficking networks exploiting creative concealment methods to move illicit substances across the country.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Ezewuike, who claimed to be a fashion entrepreneur, had allegedly been recruited by a trafficking syndicate operating between Lagos and Abuja. NDLEA officials noted that she will be arraigned in court after the completion of ongoing investigations.
The agency used the opportunity to warn Nigerians, particularly women and young entrepreneurs, against being lured into drug trafficking under the guise of quick financial gain. “No disguise is enough to beat our operatives,” Babafemi stated, stressing NDLEA’s commitment to dismantling drug cartels across Nigeria.
Ezewuike’s arrest has once again highlighted the lengths traffickers are willing to go in concealing narcotics, as well as the vigilance of anti-narcotics officers in intercepting them.
