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  • Unemployed man bags two years jail term for drug trafficking

    Unemployed man bags two years jail term for drug trafficking

    A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday sentenced a 28-year-old unemployed man, Aminu Ali, to two years imprisonment for drug trafficking.

    The convict was charged by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on a count charge of dealing in restricted narcotics.

    Ali pleaded guilty to the charge.

    Before his sentence, he begged the court to tamper justice with mercy and give him another chance to turn over a new leaf.

    Ali promised that he would be a better person in life, if given the opportunity.

    Following his plea, the prosecutor, Mr Jeremiah Aernan, had reviewed the facts of the case before the court.

    Aernan tendered a written statement of the convict, a bulk of exhibit, a request for scientific aid form, a drug analysis form and remnants of the restricted substance.

    The court admitted them as exhibits.

    Delivering judgment, Justice Babs Kuewumi, found the accused guilty as charged and accordingly convicted him.

    Kuewumi said that the convict’s sentence would run from the date of his arrest.

    The prosecutor had told the court that the convict committed the offence on May 12.

    Aernan said that the convict was arrested at Alade area of Allen, Ikeja, in Lagos.

    He said that about 350g of Cannabis Sativa, known as hemp, was recovered from the convict, and was arrested and subsequently charged.

    The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Sections 11 (c) of the NDLEA Act, Cap N30, Laws of the Federation, 2004.

  • Drug trafficker jailed three years in Lagos

    Drug trafficker jailed three years in Lagos

    A 24-year-old man, Abiodun Ayinla, who peddled 650 grammes of Cannabis Sativa (hemp), is to spend the next three years behind bars, a Federal High Court ruled in Lagos on Tuesday.

    Ayinla was arraigned on a charge of drug trafficking by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). He had pleaded guilty to the charge.

    Delivering his judgement, Justice Babs Kuewumi said the court had found the accused guilty as charged.

    He, accordingly, sentenced him to a three-year jail term beginning from the date of his arrest.

    The prosecutor, Mr. Jeremiah Aernan, had told the court that the accused unlawfully trafficked 650 grammes of Cannabis Sativa (hemp) on May 5 at a dumpsite beside Atunrase Estate in Gbagada Lagos.

    Ayinla was immediately arrested and detained, he said.

    In proving that the accused was guilty of the offence, Aernan tendered a written statement by the accused, a request for scientific aid form and a drug analysis form.

    Aernan also tendered the remnants of the narcotics before the court as evidence and were admitted by the court and marked as exhibits.

    The offence of drug trafficking contravenes the provisions of Section 11 (c) of the NDLEA Act, Laws of the Federation, 2004.

  • Trafficker bags three years for peddling 50.3kg of marijuana

    Trafficker bags three years for peddling 50.3kg of marijuana

    A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, sentenced a 50-year-old man, Abdulmaroof Oshilaja, to three years imprisonment for hemp trafficking.

    The convict, a dealer in narcotics, was charged by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on a charge bordering on the offence. He pleaded guilty to the charge.

    After his plea, the prosecutor, Mr Jeremiah Aernan, reviewed the facts of the case and tendered several exhibits before the court.
    He tendered a written statement of the accused, a request for scientific aid form, a drug analysis form, a forensic analysis form as well as the bulk of exhibits.

    The court admitted and marked them accordingly.

    Delivering judgment, Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo found the accused guilty as charged and sentenced him to a term of three years imprisonment.

    “The convict is hereby sentenced to three years imprisonment beginning from the date of his arrest,” he said

    The prosecutor had told the court that the accused committed the offence on Jan. 13.

    He said that the convict was arrested in a primary school in Ikorodu, Lagos, where he trafficked Cannabis (also called Indian Hemp) to willing customers.

    According to Aernan, a total of about 50.3 kg of the narcotics was recovered from the convict, who was consequently detained.

    The offence is said to have contravened the provisions of Section 11 (c) of the NDLEA Act, 2004.

    In his plea for mercy, the convict had begged the court to temper justice with mercy and be lenient with his sentence.

    He pleaded that he would turn a new leaf if given another opportunity.