3 bag 29 months for drug trafficking

Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday sentenced three men  to 29 months imprisonment for dealing in Indian hemp.

The convicts  are Azeez Olagboye, Kehinde Saheed  and Taofeek Ajadi.

In three separate judgments, Ayo-Emmanuel held that he convicted the trio  based on the evidence before him.

The judge sentenced Olagboye  and Ajadi to one year imprisonment  while  Saheed bagged  three months in jail.

He said  that the sentence  would  run from the date of their arrest.

Ayo-Emmanuel, however,  warned them to refrain from crime after serving their jail terms.

Mr Musbau Olapade, counsel to the convicts, had prayed the court to temper justice with mercy in his judgment.

Earlier, NDLEA counsel, Mr Raphael Himinkaiye, said that the convicts were arraigned on a one-count charge of  unlawful dealing in Indian Hemp.

Himinkaiye added that Olagboye, Saheed and Ajadi committed the crime on May 17, April 10 and April  12 respectively at various spots in Oyo State.

He said the offence committed by the trio was  contrary to and punishable under Section 11 (c ) of the NDLEA Act Cap N30 Law of Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

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