James Ugbo, who disguised himself as a mad man, was on Thursday arraigned before the Federal High Court in Enugu charged with possession of 7.5 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa, popularly known as marijuana.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arraigned the accused on a one-count charge of selling a substance suspected to be cannabis sativa.
The prosecution counsel, Moses Onyia, said that following a tip off from a source, the accused was arrested on Emene Expressway, Enugu as a mad man.
Onyia said the accused disguised as a mad man during the day and changed to a normal person in the night.
Onyia said the accused had two ‘Ghana must go’ bags by his side on the expressway as a mad man.
He said when the NDLEA arrested and searched the bags, 7.5 kgs of cannabis sativa was found inside.
The counsel said the accused sold the substance to some commercial bus drivers that ply that road.
He said the NDLEA took the accused to the hospital for mental examination and the result indicated that he was of sound mind.
Onyia said the accused was arrested on January 14, 2014 and was still in the prison custody.
The counsel to the accused, Innocent Orji, said his client had never disguised himself as a mad man, saying that he was living with his wife and three children in Emene.
Orji said: “How can a right thinking human being disguise himself as a mad man just to make money?
“My client is living in Emene.
“How can he disguise himself as a mad man in the same Emene where he is living?”
Justice Dorothy Agishi adjourned the case till June 26 for hearing.
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