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  • Two drug dealers bag seven years imprisonment in Ibadan

    Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel  of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Friday  sentenced two drug dealers– Suleiman Mustafa and Wasiu Gafar– to  seven years imprisonment  for trafficking in 601.1 kg of Indian hemp.

    In two separate judgments, Ayo-Emmanuel held that he convicted  Mustafa and Gafar based on the evidence before him.

    “The quantity of the Indian hemp found on each of the convicts shall have bearing on their sentences.

    “If Indian hemp of 559.1 and 42 kg were allowed to go into circulation in the society, the number of lives that would have been negatively affected is better imagined.

    ”The court has the duty and responsibility to protect the society at large by ensuring that drug traffickers are duly punished.

    “Therefore, Mustafa is sentenced to five years in prison and Gafar is sentenced to two years in prison.

    “Each of the judgments takes into account the dates each of the convicts was first arrested and detained.

    “The weed exhibits found with the convicts are to be destroyed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),” the judge said.

    Earlier in his plea, Mr Musbau Olapade, the counsel to the convicts, prayed the court to temper justice with mercy by reducing the jail terms of his clients.

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    Olapade pleaded with the judge to consider the fact that the convicts were their family’s breadwinners and their health conditions were not  stable.

    Mr Raphael Himinkaiye, counsel to the NDLEA in  Oyo State  had earlier informed the court that the duo were  facing a three-count charge bordering on unlawful dealing and transportation of Indian hemp.

    Himinkaiye added that the convicts committed the crime on Nov. 28 .2014, at Iwajowa and Moniya areas of Oyo State respectively.

    Shedding more light on the case, the prosecutor said that Mustafa, a truck driver was arrested while conveying 559.1 kg loaded in 56 sacks.

    He further stated that Gafar was apprehended while driving a Micra car conveying 42 kg of the illicit drug from Moniya to Iseyin.

    Himinkaiye told the court that the offences contravened Section 11 (B ) and ( C ) of the NDLEA Act Cap N30 Laws of the Federation,  2004.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  reports that the Act  prescribes a maximum of life imprisonment for anyone found guilty of each of the offences.

    NAN

  • Court remands marijuana dealer in Ibadan

    Justice P.I. Ajoku of a Federal High Court in Ibadan on Thursday remanded one Bashiru Adepoju accused of trafficking in 237.5kg of marijuana.

    Ajoku ordered that Adepoju should be kept in prison until Jan. 18, 2019, when defence counsel, Mr Musibau Olapade, would argue his bail application.

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) charged Adepoju with unlawful possession of and illegal deal on a banned substance.

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    He, however, pleaded not guilty.

    NDLEA counsel, Mr Raphael Himinkaiye,  submitted that Adepoju committed the crimes on Dec. 3, at Bodija Market, Ibadan.

    According to him, the offences contravene Section 11(b) and (c) of the NDLEA Act, 2004.

    NAN

  • Three jailed for drug trafficking

    Three jailed for drug trafficking

    Three drug traffickers are to spend the next 39 months in jail,  Justice Joyce Abdumaleek of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, has ruled.

    The trio — Dele Akanmu, Afeez Akeem and Ibrahim Mohammed – was convicted of trafficking in 6.270 kg of Hemp.

    Abdulmaleek, in three separate judgments, said the court convicted them based on the evidence before it and their pleas of guilt.

    “In order to serve as a deterrent to others, Akanmu is sentenced to three months in prison, Akeem is sentenced to one year in prison and Mohammed is sentenced to two years in prison.

    “The sentences start from the date of arrest of the convicts,” the judge said.

    Earlier, Mr Musbau Olapade, counsel to the accused, had urged the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing them.

    Olapade said the accused had learnt their lessons and would not go back to drug trafficking.

    Mr Raphael Himinkaiye, counsel to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), told the court that Akanmu, Akeem and Mohammed were arrested at different spots in Ibadan between March 30 and May 18.

    The prosecutor said Akanmu was apprehended with 270 grammes, Akeem was picked up with 1.5 kg and Mohammed was caught  with 4.5 kg of Hemp.

    The offence contravened Section 11 (C ) of the NDLEA Act, Laws of the Federation 2004.

  • Court remands three in prison for drug trafficking

    Court remands three in prison for drug trafficking

    Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek of the Federal High Court Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that three suspects be remanded in prison custody for allegedly trafficking cocaine and Indian hemp.

    The suspected drug traffickers, Ramoni Ademuyiwa, Taiwo Lawal and Sadiq Aliyu, all adults, were separately arraigned before the court.

    Ademuyiwa pleaded not guilty to the charge while Lawal and Aliyu pleaded guilty.

    Abdulmaleek ordered that the trio be remanded in prison custody till commencement of trial on June 15.

    Mr Raphael Himinkaiye, counsel to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command, said the suspects were arraigned on one-count charge bordering on unlawful dealing in hard drug.

    He said that Ademuyiwa, Lawal and Aliyu separately committed the crime on April 12, 18 and 25 respectively at various spots in Ibadan.

    He said that the first defendant was arrested with 6.3kg of cocaine concealed in a sack at Bere while the second defendant was arrested with a bag containing two kilograms of Indian hemp at Sarki market.

    According to him, the third defendant was arrested with a bag containing 430 grams of Indian hemp on the Lagos-Ibadan express way.

    The NDLEA counsel said the offence is punishable under Section 11(C) of the NDLEA Act Cap N30 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.