Baba Suwe Actually Had Drugs In His System –NDLEA Commander

National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Commander in charge of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, Mr. Hamza Umar, in a recent throws more light on the controversy surrounding the Baba Suwe saga.

He was asked to defend the accuracy of the scanning machine since it “raised false alarm” in the case of the popular comic actor. Below is Mr. Hamza Umar’s response:

“This machine you are seeing here is 99.9 percent accurate. It has never said this man has this and we find contrary... I know you are going into Baba-Suwe’s matter. Let me clarify myself. You see, before his arrest, I do not know who Baba-Suwe is. My binding factor with Baba-Suwe is that machine.

“He was travelling with a group of friends and the machine picked him and said he had drugs concealed in him. When the matter was becoming controversial, I asked if there is a good screening center here in Lagos. I was told of the University of Lagos teaching hospital and I asked that they should take him there. I did so to have an independent opinion from a professional.

“He was taken there and the Chief Radiologist said look, I have to get my Consultant. He and the Consultant examined, tested and screened him with their machines and gave me the report in writing. Our medical team collected the written report and brought to me. The hospital said in the report that Baba-Suwe had drugs concealed in his stomach. In the report, they said they analyzed him from the head, to the body and down to the legs and concluded that his stomach is invested with particles that are consistent with narcotics. But they said in the report that they cannot specify the drugs by name. They suggested that it could only be specified by laboratories.

“Mind you, I am not an expert in that field. I am only an officer of the NDLEA. If you were in my shoes will you release that man? I did not stop at that anyway, I insisted I wanted another report from another group of experts. I was told that there was another well-equipped place that they call Me-Cure here in Lagos. I said take him there also. I referred him there and they gave me the same result. I will show you the two results before you leave.”

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NDLEA Drags Baba Suwe To Court Again

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Wednesday asked a Lagos High Court in Ikeja to stay execution of its earlier order that the it should pay N25m to Nollywood actor, Mr. Babatunde Omidina for violating his rights to personal liberty.

Justice Yetunde Idowu, in her judgement condemned the Agency’s disregard for the actor’s constitutionally guaranteed rights, and had also ordered the agency to tender public apology published on “conspicuous pages of two national daily newspapers within 21 days.”


While declaring that Baba Suwe be set free, Justice Idowu said, “If you can treat Nigerian citizen this way, what are you portraying to the outside world.”

She has however fixed March 2, 2012, for ruling on the latest application by the NDLEA.

Baba Suwe was arrested on October 12, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos by operatives of the NDLEA on the suspicion of ingestion of substances likely to be banned drugs.

He was released on the order of Justice Idowu on November 4, after 24 days in detention.

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NDLEA DRILLS STELLA DAMASUS:AFTERMATH OF BABA SUWE SAGA

This period is indeed a bad one for Nollywood actors and actresses as the men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) seem to have taken an unusual but targeted interest in them over their alleged drug related offences.

First it was Babatunde Omidina popularly known as Baba Suwe and now it is Stella Damasus.

Last week Thursday,10 of November 2011,popular actress Stella Damasus was thoroughly drilled by men of the anti-drug agency over what was suspected to be an attempt by the fair complexioned actress to smuggle drugs suspected to be cocaine to Dubai.

According to our source,the actress was taken into the custody of the NDLEA where she was searched thoroughly in a very rigorous pattern involving series of scans being carried out on her before she was let loose by the men of the agency.

Interesting is the fact that Stella Damasus was delayed by the Drug Law Enforcers to the extent that she even missed her flight to Dubai and had to travel on another flight after she had been released.

The actress later twitted” Today I regret being a Nollywood Star” on her Twitter account as friends and fans of the actress questioned her on what could have necessitated the comment.

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