Ex-convict nabbed with South African-bound drug at Lagos airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have thwarted an attempt by an ex-convict, Olanrewaju Akorede, to smuggle a consignment of Rohypnol to South Africa via the export shed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. A statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday said the “consignment was hidden in a