Mr Babafemi said the drugs weighed 3.322 kg, while another 100 grammes were concealed in the woman’s private part.
The acting MD of the airline, Dapo Olumide, said Nigeria Air had yet to secure an operating licence for full flight operations; that the processes were still at the early stages.
On Monday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received a batch of 144 stranded Nigerians from Niamey in Niger Republic.
Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA spokesman, stated this on Sunday.
The airline is looking for captains, first officers, cabin crew members and engineers.
The presiding judge, Ibrahim Buba, sentenced the convict to 15 years each of the two count charges which would run concurrently.
The man was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
