The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and Ogun states has sentenced six drug traffickers to a combined 156 years in prison.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) made this known in a statement it signed on Tuesday.

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“The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and Ogun State has sentenced six drug traffickers to a total of One Hundred and Fifty Six years imprisonment for offences bordering on drug dealing, transportation, and conspiracy to transport illicit substances filed against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,” the statement read in part.

“Worse hit is a 27-year-old drug dealer, Ahmed Abdulsabur, who was arrested in 2022 by NDLEA operatives and prosecuted in charge number FHC/AB/20C/2022 at the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, presided over by Hon. Justice Joyce Obehi Abdulmalik.

“Delivering her judgment on the six counts charge brought against Ahmed, Justice Abdulmalik convicted and sentenced him to 10 years’ imprisonment on each count, bringing the total number of his in jail term to 60.”

Justice Abdulmalik also sentenced 32-year-old Olumide Elegbede, a drug trafficker, to 20 years in jail. Elegbede got 10 years for each of the two charges brought against him in charge number FHC/AB/128C/2I. The years of Elegbede’s prison sentence will run concurrently.

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The NDLEA arraigned Okechukwu Umeh, Lanre Adebayo, Adigun Adeshina and Emmanuel Omijeh on three counts in charge number FHC/L/87c/2023.

Justice Akintayo Aluko convicted and sentenced each of them to five years for count one, and seven years each for counts two and three on Thursday.

“While the judge ruled that the sentences should run concurrently, he also gave the four convicts the option of paying N20 million in lieu of the jail terms,” the NDLEA said.

“This is in addition to granting the application by the NDLEA for the final forfeiture of a white colour Ford bus with registration number: PHC 315 ZT, used in conveying 532.8 kilograms of Loud variant of cannabis on the day of their arrest, Sunday 22nd January 2023, along Lagos/ Ibadan expressway. The court also granted the final forfeiture of Three Million Naira (N3,000,000) offered as bribe by the convicts to NDLEA officers.”