A 26-year-old man, Olukoya Ayodele, arrested by operatives of Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS), for drug peddling, has disclosed that he made N3.6 million from sales of illicit drugs, just as Victor Godwin, 30, also said he took to drug peddling to supplement his income from boutique business.
They were both arrested in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, weekend, following intelligence gathering by officers of the decoy team of RRS.
Their confessional statements told the Police that they buy and hawk different types of hard drugs such as Indian hemp, skunk, tramadol, refnol and diazal among other drugs to factory workers in the area.
Ayodele, who claimed to be a graduate of Information Management and a notorious member of Black Axe Confraternity (Aye), was arrested with all sorts of charms, which he claimed he used in protecting himself from other rival cult members in his days as a student.
According to the suspect, “I armed myself with all these charms to protect me from getting killed by other rival cult groups. I got the ‘account’ of charm making from my father, who is an herbalist. It makes it easy for me to prepare various charms for myself and friends.
“I came to Lagos, after I graduated in 2015, in search of greener pastures, but the factory work I got was too stressful for me. I later began to work as a motor boy in same area and added drug peddling to it to augment the low income.
“I make over N3.6 million annually from the sale of hard drugs and have been in the business for three years now. The charms also helped me to transact my business and prevented me from getting caught by security operatives as the charm shielded me from various arrests that had been carried out in the area even when I was a bad boy.”
Victor, a boutique owner in the area, was also caught with hard drugs, claiming he used the proceeds to supplement his income from boutique business.
Victor claimed he had been in the business for awhile and had been using the proceeds from the illicit business to pay his rents as well as planning to get married soon, which he believed his boutique income could not take care of.
He said: “I sell hard drugs to factory workers in the area, as their work is energy consuming and requires agility. I sell one capsule of tramadol for N300 while Indian hemp and skunk go for N100.
“Drug business is a lucrative one because it helps one make ‘sharp sharp’ money, but I regret my involvement in the illegal business.”
Meanwhile, the suspects have been transferred to the narcotic section of the command for further investigations.
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