How we busted drug cartel that implicated Zainab, by NDLEA chief.
- Habib Aliyu Kila, a journalist went to stay put in NDLEA Office in Kano to insist that her daughter knew nothing about the said luggage.
- Funke Egbemode, Fadairo and other colleagues in Nigeria Guild of Editors started media awareness and serious protests.
- Abike Dabiri informed PMB.
- NDLEA Kano took the matter seriously and arrested the 10 staff of the airline on duty on the day Zainab travelled. 7 later confessed. The woman among them broke down and held Habib’s legs asking for forgiveness.
- Habib Aliyu Kila thanked God that he opted out of the trip otherwise there would be nobody to have gone to NDLEA Office to protest. The trip was to celebrate 25 years of marriage.
- NDLEA have taken the 7 to court but they are on bail according to the law.
- NDLEA have now created a form to indicate the numbers of luggages and a duplicate will be given a passenger.
My take: those saying that, the matter was resolved bc Habib was connected, that Habib was a Northerner should cover their face in shame. Habib is an average journalist, an average citizen, not a big man. In fact a Southern, a woman, the Popular journalist, Funke Egbemode took up the case. I will advise that some of our SE brothers should always be reasonable in their comments in the media.