Bricklayer jailed two years for drug trafficking in Lagos
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a 25-one year-extinct bricklayer, Olamilekan Idowu, to 2 years imprisonment for illegal possession and dealing in forty eight kilogrammes of Hashish sativa, continuously most frequently called marijuana.
Justice Ibrahim Kala delivered the judgment after Idowu pleaded responsible to a one-depend price introduced against him by the National Drug Legislation Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Prosecuting counsel Julian Negedu informed the court docket that Idowu turned into arrested on May per chance well also 24, 2024, within the Ibeju-Lekki space of Lagos Issue with the illicit substance. She accepted that his actions violated Fragment 11(c) of the NDLEA Act, Cap N30, Authorized pointers of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, which prescribes punishment for such offences.
Negedu prayed the court docket to convict and sentence the defendant, presenting displays basically based fully on Sections 274(1)(2) and 356(2) of the Administration of Felony Justice Act (ACJA), 2015.
The defence counsel, O. Ogunleye, pleaded for leniency, urging the court docket to temper justice with mercy. Ogunleye highlighted Idowu’s responsible plea as an illustration of remorse and warranted the court docket of her client’s catch to the underside of to retain far flung from future criminal disclose. She extra requested a non-custodial sentence for her client.
In his judgment, Justice Kala sentenced Idowu to 2 years imprisonment but equipped an more than just a few of a N500,000 gorgeous and crew service.
