Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Relations & Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has rebuked media reports where she was credited to have, during Wednesday’s Senate committee public hearing, said that some foreign airlines were running drug cartels in the country. In a statement by her media aide, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Dabiri-Erewa pointed out that what she said was that there was a need for Egyptian and Ethiopian airlines to ensure compulsory baggage identification because cases recorded on the issue of drugs had been from both airlines. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has been drawn to some news headlines accusing some foreign airlines of running drug cartels in the country. ‘The headline which reads “Egypt, Ethiopian Airlines Running Drug Cartels in Nigeria” says Dabiri-Erewa, is a figment of the Reporter’s imagination. “Luckily enough, the representative of Ethiopian Air, who was at the public hearing, promised that baggage identification would be strengthened.

Source: Nigerian Tribune May 23, 2019 20:13 UTC