Notorious Nigerian Drug Dealer, Toyin Igbira, Dies At 56 (Photo)

<b>The Story Of MONSURAT TOYIN IGBIRA, The Most Notorious Drug Baroness In Africa<br></b> <a href="https://www.nairaland.com/4221967/story-monsurat-toyin-igbira-most#up">https://www.nairaland.com/4221967/story-monsurat-toyin-igbira-most#up</a><br><br>Texxtile merchant, Monsurat Asabi, popularly known in the Nigerian social circuit as Toyin Igbira, has died of ovarian cancer, Igbere TV reports.<br><br>Igbere TV learnt that she was aged 56.<br><br>The mother of three reportedly passed on in the early hours of Saturday at a private hospital in Surulere, Lagos.<br><br>A toast of Fuji musicians, Igbira was a school dropout who later became a drug dealer.<br><br>The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested her in 1999 at the age of 36 after years of extensive undercover anti-narcotic operations.<br><br>She was arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on a two-count charge of unlawfully dealing in 5 kg of heroin and sentenced to two years in prison.<br><br>Igbira was re-arrested at the Lagos airport in 2002 with 72 wraps of a substance suspected to be heroin.<br><br>An official of the NDLEA said she had evaded arrest for previous drug trafficking offences.<br><br>Igbira was about to board a plane to the United States when she was arrested, an NDLEA spokesperson said.<br><br>He said the woman, who had been on the drug agencys wanted list since 1997, excreted 72 wraps of suspected heroin weighing 675g.<br><br>This particular arrest led to chains of arrests that unravel the most notorious drug cartel, he added.<br><br>Many drug couriers have named her as the source of their wares.<br><br>She was declared wanted in 2007 after one Mohammed Jamiu was arrested during the screening of passengers on a Virgin Nigeria flight from Lagos to London at the Lagos airport while attempting to export cocaine which he ingested.<br><br>Jamiu claimed during interrogation that the substance he ingested was given to him by Igbira who was then at large.<br><br>Sources said Igbira was diagnosed with ovarian cancer almost 10 years ago and her search for cure took her to hospitals in Europe and America.<br><br>She went into partial remission but suffered a relapse last year, prompting doctors to predict she may not live beyond February 2019.<br><br>Source; <a href="http://igberetvnews.com/832213/just-in-notorious-nigerian-drug-dealer-dies-at-56/">http://igberetvnews.com/832213/just-in-notorious-nigerian-drug-dealer-dies-at-56/</a>
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