CONTROVERSY continues to trail the arrest of popular home video actor
cum comedian, Babatunde Nurudeen Omidina, popularly called Baba Suwe.
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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