Three kingpins and sixteen different offenders were convicted and sentenced to a complete of Three Hundred and Two (302) years in jail for trafficking and working in illicit tablets along with cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, hashish and opioids following their arrest and diligent prosecution through the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
The 19 convicts pinnacle the listing of 414 drug traffickers and sellers convicted through the Federal High Court in Benue, Bauchi, Edo, Lagos, Ogun, Gombe and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja among July 1st thirty first 2024 primarily based totally on prices filed towards them through the anti-narcotics agency.
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One of the 3 kingpins, 50-year- vintage Bolanle Lookman Dauda changed into arrested in an intelligence-led raid through operatives of a unique operation unit in NDLEA at Ibiye, alongside Lagos-Badagry parkway even as trying to move the land border to supply the consignment in Ghana on Saturday twenty fifth May 2024.
At the factor of his arrest, forty two blocks of cocaine weighing 47. five kilograms have been located on him. A rapid comply with up operation in his house at Plot 24/25 OPIC extension, Petedo road, Agbara, Ogun kingdom , caused the restoration of extra 8 blocks of the equal drug weighing 10kg, bringing the full weight of the cocaine seized from him to 57. five kilograms.
He changed into finally arraigned earlier than Hon. Justice Ambrose Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos in fee variety FHC/L/537C/2024. In his judgment added on nineteenth July 2024, Justice Allagoa convicted and sentenced him to 21 years imprisonment or fee of an choice of N30million first-rate .
Another kingpin who changed into placed at the back of bars is 34-year- vintage Ikeh Stanley Ifeanyi who changed into arrested on the famous Idumota marketplace in Lagos Island, wherein no fewer than 1, one hundred ampoules of deadly artificial opioid, fentanyl, weighing 6.480kg have been recovered from him. The risky opioid is one hundred instances stronger than heroin and presently answerable for over 70% overdose deaths in addition to a primary contributor to deadly and nonfatal overdoses withinside the US.
He changed into later arraigned earlier than Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court Lagos in fee variety FHC/L/433C/2024. Delivering his judgment on 4th July 2024, the trial decide convicted Ifeanyi on the 2 counts fee and sentenced him to fourteen years in prison or an choice of N2million first-rate .
In his personal case, Christian Anyanwu changed into arrested on Saturday twenty sixth November, 2022 with 1. four kilograms of methamphetamine hid internal custard tins packed amongst cosmetics and foodstuffs going to Brazil through Doha on a Qatar Airways flight. He changed into finally docked earlier than Justice Yellin Bogoro of the Federal High Court Lagos, and later convicted on twelfth July 2024. In his ruling, the trial decide sentenced Anyanwu to sixteen years in prison , 4 of that is a obligatory imprisonment with out an choice of first-rate .
Others who bagged obligatory imprisonment in July for drug trafficking include: Moses Yakubu sentenced to twenty-five years in jail on twenty second July through Justice Rita Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court Abuja; Oluosun Okikiola who changed into convicted and sentenced to fifteen years in prison on seventeenth July through Justice A. A Okeke of the Federal High Court Abeokuta, Ogun kingdom . In the equal vein, Justice R.J Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Makurdi, Benue kingdom convicted and sentenced Chanchan Terpase to seven years in jail on ninth July even as Justice C.O. Obiozor of the Federal High Court, Benin, Edo kingdom convicted and sentenced Beauty Gani to 30 years in jail or fee of an choice of N8million first-rate on third July 2024.
While commending the officials and guys of the numerous instructions worried withinside the arrest and prosecution of the instances in addition to the judiciary for fast adjudication, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) stated the sentencing of the convicts will in addition provide chew to the drug deliver discount efforts of the Agency.
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