Drug trafficking: Airport Scanners not functioning optimally Dabiri-Erewa (Guardian)

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa says scanners at some Nigerian Airports are not working optimally.

The senior special assistant made this known before the Ad- hoc Committee set up by the Senate to look into circumstances that led to the arrest of Zainab Aliyu in Saudi Arabia in Dec. 2018, over the planting of a banned drug, Tramadol, in her luggage.

The committee was headed by Sen. Kabiru Gaya(APC-Kano).

Dabiri – Erewa who is also Chairman designate, of Nigeria Diaspora Commission ( NDC) alleged that some foreign airlines were running drug cartels in connivance with some Nigerians at international airports across the country. Read more