Two men and a woman were yesterday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of a Federal High Court in Lagos over drug trafficking.
The three convicts; Bukola Adeoye (24) Muyideen ipumapayi (35) and Alani Babaraji (30) were arraigned before the court by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)on three separate charges of one count each bordering on drug trafficking.
Adeoye was first arraigned on March 6, 2013, before Justice John Tsoho(now of Abuja Division) and had pleaded not guilty to the charges, while trial had commenced.
However, Justice Mojisola Olatoregun later took over the case and on February 1, 2017, Adeoye opted to change her plea and admitted committing the offence upon her re-arraignment. She was later remanded in prison custody while the court adjourned for review of facts. The prosecutor said she was arrested at Ejigbo in Lagos with about 12.15 kg of Indian Hemp.
On his part, Ipumapayi was said to have been arrested on Dec. 7, 2016 along the Lagos Ibadan expressway, for transporting about 10.4 kg of hemp.
He was arraigned on Jan. 26, 2017 and had pleaded guilty to the charges while the court had adjourned for a review of facts. Babaraji on the other hand was said to have been arrested on November 29, 2016, at an uncompleted building at the Ijegun area of Lagos for dealing in 1.1kg of Cannabis.
By: Akeem Nafiu
The Newtelegraph News
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