Two jailed for cocaine, cannabis trafficking

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The Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a 27-year-old man, Nurudeen Olalekan, to two years imprisonment for trafficking 17.1 grammes of cocaine.
The court also sentenced an unemployed man, Taiwo Musibau, to 18 months imprisonment for trafficking in 550 grammes of cannabis sativa.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arraigned them for separate drug trafficking charges before Justice Saliu Saidu.
Olalekan pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court to temper justice with mercy, saying that he would not commit crime again.
After his plea, the prosecutor, Mr Jeremiah Aernan, reviewed the facts of the case and tendered some exhibits, including the convict’s written statement.
Justice Saidu found the accused guilty of the offence as charged and convicted him.
In his sentence, the judge noted the negative effects of drug trafficking in the society and warned the convict to desist from crime.
“The convict is hereby sentenced to a term of two years imprisonment which will begin to run from the date of his arrest,” he said
The court also ordered the drug exhibits to be disposed of by the prosecution if there is no appeal.
The convict allegedly committed the offence on April 28.
The prosecutor said that the convict was arrested at Bonny way motor park in Oyingbo, Ebute Meta, Lagos, with quantities of the restricted narcotics, weighing 17.1 grammes

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