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Justice Ayotunde Faji of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday
convicted and sentenced a 24-year-old man to 24 months imprisonment for
smuggling marijuana otherwise known as Indian hemp to the kirikiri
prison, PM Express reports.
The court heard that the convict, Patrick Amadi, hid the marijuana
in his sandal and gave to his brother who is serving a jail term at the
Kirikiri prisons, Lagos.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), had arraigned him
before the court on a one count charge of dealing in narcotic and he
pleaded guilty to the charge.
The convict was arrested on June 18, 2017, at Kirikiri Maximum
Prisons, with 200 grammes of Cannabis Sativa, also known as marijuana,
the NDLEA prosecutor, Mr. Jeremiah Aernan, told the court.
According to Aernan, the prison’s officials who arrested the
convict, said he hid the said banned weed in a pair of sandals, which he
wore when he visited his brother who is serving jail term at the
facility.
He added that the offence committed by the convict, is contrary to
and punishable under section 11(c) of NDLEA Act Cap. N30, laws of the
federation of Nigeria, 2004.
However, Amadi, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing.
He said, he had become remorse since he was arrested, and promised not to engage in crime again.
In his judgment, Justice Faji, sentenced him to 24 months
imprisonment and admonished him to use his jail period to turn a new
leaf.
In a related development, a 29-year-old butcher, Azeez Akinrinmade,
was also convicted and sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, by the same
court for unlawful dealing in 700 kilogrammes of marijuana
Azeez was sent to prison on Friday, after he was arraigned before the court by the NDLEA.
The NDLEA prosecutor, Mr. Aernan, had informed the court that the
convict, who sell meat at Odo-eran, Itire, Lagos, was arrested with the
marijuana, while selling it to his clients.
Aernan told court that the offence committed by the butcher is
contrary to and punishable under section 11(c) of NDLEA Act Cap. N30,
laws of the federation of Nigeria, 2004.
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