Date Published: 10/13/11

Baba Suwe arrested for cocaine possession

Babatunde Omidiran aka Baba Suwe

 Popular Yoruba actor, Babatunde Ayinla Nurudeen Olasunkanmi Omidina, alias Baba Suwe, was last night arrested by officials of Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for carrying substances which has been tested positive for cocaine.

Sometime ago, a female artist , popularly called Wunmi , was arrested with similar stash at the airport. She was prosecuted but got off after paying a N1million fine.

 sources at the NDLEA office in Lagos revealed that “the ace actor had hidden the hard drugs in his stomach in order to evade eagle-eyed officials of the NDLEA, but ended up being nabbed by our officials attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos as he was about to board an Air France flight to Paris, France.”

It was learnt that when he (Baba Suwe) was made to pass through the scanning machine, it was discovered that he had swallowed the substances.

“He was immediately arrested by our officials at the airport and is currently in detention at the airport until when he would excrete the wraps of cocaine”, an NDLEA source disclosed.

Dependable sources at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport also confirmed that “Baba Suwe gave the impression that he was travelling to Paris on invitation and to act as a Master of Ceremony for the naming ceremony of his friend's child.”

The said friend of Baba Suwe, who is coincidentally a staff of Air France and whose name is yet to be made public by the NDLEA officials has also been arrested for further questioning.

Baba Suwe, a notable Yoruba comedian, 63 years, lost his wife two years ago in hazy circumstances.