of popular home video actor cum comedian,
Babatunde Nurudeen Omidina, popularly
called Baba Suwe.
Story by Nigeriafilms.com
Though, the anti-drug scanning machine at the
airport which screened Baba Suwe detected some drugs hidden in his stomach leading to his arrest and eventual detention by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The popular comedian has excreted three times
but no traces of hard drugs were found in his
excreta on the three occasions. This led to
outcries from members of the public especially
Baba Suwe's colleagues in the Yoruba genre of
Nollywood calling for the release of the comedian. His lawyers have even slammed a N100 million suit on the anti-drug agency.
However, the controversy deepens last Friday
when a Lagos High Court gave the NDLEA
authority to hold on to the comedian for 15 more days. This was sequel to the new discovery by a CT scan conducted on the actor which revealed that indeed there are drugs logged his body.
The raging controversy has been whether it is
true that the actor has some drugs in his body.
Many are of the belief that if indeed Baba Suwe
has drugs in his body, he could have health
problems since he was arrested. "If indeed he
has hard drugs in his body, he should have
died since," Sade Oloriebi, an actress stated.
But the NDLEA would not have none of this.
According to the anti-drug agency, Baba Suwe's
case is not isolated as there have been similar
cases in the past. "In fact we have had cases
where the accused raised curses on us after
excreting three times but no drugs were
discovered on them. However, after CT
scans were carried out on them and drugs
were discovered, they ate humble pie," an
official of NDLEA said.
Another controversy introduced into the matter
now was the issue of juju popularly called Africa
Magic. "There was no doubt about it. He was
carrying drugs but we know he is powerful
spiritually. The drugs may have disappeared through juju. The machine actually detected drugs in his system," an official of NDLEA at the Airport disclosed.
Another NDLEA official corroborated his
colleague's claim. "Our machine detected it at
the Airport, people said we are telling lies
that we are just witch hunting him now that
the CT scan conducted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has confirmed drugs in his body again what will people say? The fact remains that this man is using high level juju on us," he said.
For those who are bringing in the juju angle, they pointed to the actor's different postures as the drama unfolds. When he was first arrested, it was discovered that Baba Suwe was a little bit jittery.
But as event unfolds, he started regaining his
confidence leading to the show of support by his
colleagues. He was even reported to have boasted to close friend and colleague, Jide Kosoko that even if he was asked to excrete one thousand times, they would not find anything on him.
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