EFCC Foils Man’s Attempt to Give Drug to Detained Son
The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , has arrested a 60-year-old fish-farmer, Muyiwa Otuyalo, for attempting to smuggle in a substance believed to be hard drug for his son, Damilola Otuyalo, who is currently in the custody of the commission.
THISDAY learnt that while discussing with the son, an officer noticed that he brought out a sachet of tablets and handed same to him.It was gathered that when the in-house nurse was called upon for assessment of the content, it was revealed that the said item was Rohypnol, a tranquilizer used under strict prescription for treatment of severe insomnia and assist in anesthesia.
The younger Otuyalo was recently arrested after a criminal case of money laundering detected in the United Kingdom was reported against him. He has been on the wanted list of the International Police, Interpol, before the petition was filed at the EFCC, Ibadan zonal office.
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