The scene could have been taken from one of the larger-than-life Nollywood films comedies that made Baba Suwe one of Nigeria's most popular actors. But a judge was deadly serious when she asked the comedian, who had spent three weeks in jail on suspicion of smuggling drugs in his stomach: "So you've been to the toilet how many times?"
Tens of thousands of fans, the national drug enforcement agency and two legal teams have been in thrall to the actor's next release, so to speak. But Suwe's failure produce a single bag of cocaine in any of the 18 or so bowel movements detectives have been closely monitoring has turned into an embarrassment for the agency – and a running joke in the local media.
Suwe, 58, real name Babatunde Omidina, is often cast as a goofy security guard in the wildly popular Nigerian film industry, known as Nollywood. But the roles appeared to have been reversed when, apparently acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics agents arrested the comedian at Lagos airport on 12 October. They said scans revealed "multiple hyper-dense nodular particles in the upper gastro-intestinal tract, consistent with large amount of drug ingestion". Full story...
Don't miss:
Tens of thousands of fans, the national drug enforcement agency and two legal teams have been in thrall to the actor's next release, so to speak. But Suwe's failure produce a single bag of cocaine in any of the 18 or so bowel movements detectives have been closely monitoring has turned into an embarrassment for the agency – and a running joke in the local media.
Suwe, 58, real name Babatunde Omidina, is often cast as a goofy security guard in the wildly popular Nigerian film industry, known as Nollywood. But the roles appeared to have been reversed when, apparently acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics agents arrested the comedian at Lagos airport on 12 October. They said scans revealed "multiple hyper-dense nodular particles in the upper gastro-intestinal tract, consistent with large amount of drug ingestion". Full story...
Don't miss:
- Nigerians waiting patiently for actor's ... shit!!!
- A young man in Nigeria burnt alive for stealing a necklace... (graphic)
- 87-year-old Nigerian faith healer has been married to 107 women!!!
- Dirty Secret, NIgeria's first porn movie a big hit...
- My name is Hana and I live in Nigeria...
- Airport staff in Nigeria using body scanners to ogle at female passengers...
- Meet Moses Nderitu, "the loo-king of Nairobi".
No comments:
Post a Comment