Star actress, ‘Wunmi’, spends day 4 in detention - Excretes over 92 wraps of cocaine SUPO ATOBATELE, Lagos and DAVID AJIBOYE
Wednesday, September 27, 2006

FOR the four days she has been in the net of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), a Yoruba star actress, Hassanat Akinwande Taiwo (popularly known as Wunmi), has continued to excrete wraps of a substance suspected to be cocaine.

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As at Tuesday evening, the woman, who was arrested on Saturday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on her way to England, had excreted 92 wraps of the substance and continues to excrete more.

According to security sources, the lady was still being held at the NDLEA office located within the terminal building where she was being given injection to aid the excretion of the drugs.

She was to board Virgin Atlantic Airways’ morning flight to London on Saturday and was randomly picked by NDLEA officials shortly after passing through the FAAN security screening point.

The actress, who wore white jeans and a white shirt, was thereafter taken to the NDLEA office where her body X-ray was taken, the process which revealed the hidden drugs.

She was said to be travelling with a few copies of her latest home video tapes entitled “Orun re”. The source also disclosed that NDLEA officials were still investigating the source of the drug and the barons behind its aborted exportation.

Meanwhile, the detained actress has been suspended indefinitely by the Association of Nigeria Theatre Practitioners (ANTP). An official statement signed by ANTP’s publicity secretary, Mr. Gbenga Debayo, on behalf of the association, condemned the act.

“The association is embarrassed, we expect artistes to be above board. Though we are not constituting ourselves a judge over this matter, for the fact that she can conduct herself in a manner that will make her a suspect in a crime like drug trafficking which we always preach against and to the best of her knowledge, is what ANTP will never associate itself with.

“She’s, therefore, placed on indefinite suspension and the association will not hesitate to take more drastic measures if she’s eventually found guilty...” the statement read.