Politician Caught With Bellyful Of Cocaine Meant For Election Campaign

Eme Zuru Ayortor

An Edo State House of Assembly 2011 aspirant, Eme Zuru Ayortor, 52, has been apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for attempting to smuggle 2.12kg cocaine in his stomach  while trying to board a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt, Germany. His plan was to fund his election campaign with returns made from the cocaine sales.
NDLEA Agents say they found 100 individually wrapped packages of cocaine inside his body. The agency says the politician claimed his failed 2007 run for the Edo state House of Assembly ruined him financially and smuggling drugs was the only way he could fund his 2011 election bid. He has yet to be charged.