One of the things that could lead a person to the path of disgrace without he/she considering the consequences of being caught is poverty. There is so much poverty in Nigeria these days that even people who have regular jobs also complain of hardship.
Olufamous.com observed that prices of food stuffs are steadily on the increase, the cost of daily living is also fast becoming a nightmare for many families, yet Nigerian leaders are leading on with their business-as-usual attitude.
No wonder there is so much crime and criminality in the land...
NDLEA operatives were astonished recently when 66 wraps of Cocaine were discovered in the private part of a 48-year-old woman, Mrs. Mande Bala, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on June 15, 2012. She was due to board a Kenyan Airways flight to Nairobi.
“The quantity of drugs that Mrs. Bala had inserted in her private part was so much that it affected her gait, drawing the attention of the NDLEA officials. No suspect has ever inserted such a large quantity of drugs in the country. Usually, cases of insertion are not more than 300g. The discovery was shocking,” said the NDLEA Commander at the airport, Hamza Umar.
Mrs. Bala, who's a widow and mother of three, said she was pushed to trafficking indin drugs in order to raise school fees for her children. “I am a widow; my husband died in 2007. I have got three kids to take care of. I need N45,000 to pay some fees for my child and I also had to take care of my rent because I have a quit notice to leave my house in July. I was actually supposed to swallow the drugs but I was too scared to do so.
“I then decided on my own to hide them instead in my private parts because I was scared I would die if I ingested the drugs. I have heard such things happen. Although it was difficult for me to walk, I had to do my best because there is no one else to take care of my children,” she cried.
“The quantity of drugs that Mrs. Bala had inserted in her private part was so much that it affected her gait, drawing the attention of the NDLEA officials. No suspect has ever inserted such a large quantity of drugs in the country. Usually, cases of insertion are not more than 300g. The discovery was shocking,” said the NDLEA Commander at the airport, Hamza Umar.
Mrs. Bala, who's a widow and mother of three, said she was pushed to trafficking indin drugs in order to raise school fees for her children. “I am a widow; my husband died in 2007. I have got three kids to take care of. I need N45,000 to pay some fees for my child and I also had to take care of my rent because I have a quit notice to leave my house in July. I was actually supposed to swallow the drugs but I was too scared to do so.
“I then decided on my own to hide them instead in my private parts because I was scared I would die if I ingested the drugs. I have heard such things happen. Although it was difficult for me to walk, I had to do my best because there is no one else to take care of my children,” she cried.
I dont blame her at all, all this nonsense is happening bcos of bad leaders. They have money to send their children abroad but we they are serving cant even feed. REVOLUTION IS THE ANSWER!
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Its a pity they will jail her and her children will now suffer more... Naija poverty dey cause wahala o! Linda
ReplyDeleteAccording to the law there is no justification for crime but one should still urge the authorities to live up to expectation and make life a little comfortable for the masses.........
ReplyDeleteThis leader dnt even knw d cost of living out there,dats d problem we ve.. Sum1 shud as GEJ d cost of a tin of peak milk or d cost of a bottle of red oil lets see how good his leadership is.
ReplyDeleteour leaders are the couse of all this mess, when she has 2kids and they have quit her out of the house what will she do, pls fellow nija this is not the fault of this people is the cause of poverty, pls america should not come for only boko haram they should come and help urs to fight curruption in this country, the suffering is tooo much, people are fause to do what they are no intend to do just becouse of poverty, even in the boko haram the big men use the poor man child just because of 7,000 naira, the world should come and intervein in this mess all our leader past and present are thief no one is innocent,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
ReplyDeleteI am sorry for ur plight Madam! Unfortunately citizens without money r d ones who feel d full heat of d law in Nigeria!
ReplyDeleteStop blaming leaders for everything. What about the followers? Those of you talking and blaming leaders here, do you have to do drugs to survive? The problem is that some of us want to live above our capabilities. If that woman was not caught and now comes back with dollars, she too would become one of the oppressors. There are enough opportunities in this country for every one, the problem with us is laziness. The woman is too proud to send her child to a 'poor man' public school. She wants to traffic drug to send the child to 'super school'. Let her face the music. She knew the consequences before embarking on the journey.
ReplyDeleteShe deserves no pity at all. She knew the consequences before embarking on the journey. There are many opportunities for all of us. The problem with many of us is laziness. We sit down in a place idle and blame leaders. What about the followers? If the woman had succeeded, she too would become an oppressor. Some people want to live beyond their capabilities. Must her child go to N140000 school by force? She has no excuse at all.
ReplyDeleteShe shld face d music, all of us here, who can swear dat he/she is not corrupt. Let's stop blaming our leaders, we are all the same, if me and u climb der, we'll even do d worst
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