Delivering judgment, Justice Uche Agomoh, held that she convicted and sentenced the defendant as a result of the overwhelming evidence before the court.
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At the Lagos airport, a female passenger, Odia Emiliana Efe was arrested on Monday 9th May why trying to board Royal Air Moroc flight from Lagos via Casablanca to Milan, Italy with 1000 tablets of Tramadol 200mg concealed in food items.
He stated this at the handover of two epenal boats and other operational equipment by the Nigerian Navy to the NDLEA.
Ukatu is the Managing Director of Mallinson & Partners Ltd, whom the NDLEA alleged imported two containers containing 1,284 cartons of Tramadol worth N22b in 2019 and also claimed was behind a N3b shipment of Tramadol linked to the disgraced police chief, Abba Kyari.
The agency first picked up a Brazilian returnee, Nworie Phillip Chikwendu who was arrested on Tuesday, May 3 during an inward clearance of passengers on Qatar Airways flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil enroute Doha to Lagos.
The revelation is contained in a statement issued by the agency’s Director Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Tuesday in Abuja.
A cross-section of residents in the metropolis who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews Tuesday, said the responsibility to check the act rests majorly on parenting.
At least, a suspect, Oguma Richard Uchenna, has been arrested in connection with the attempt to export the cheques, which were neatly concealed inside four bound hard cover books disguised as academic project literatures, to the United Kingdom.
Its National Chairman, Yabagi Sani, said this in a statement on the position of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, dismissed the objection raised by counsel for Kyari and other co-defendant officers that granting the request might jeopardise their case.
Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had succeeded to prove its argument beyond doubt why the court should not admit James to a bail.
Marwa stated this while responding to questions from journalists at the 2022 First Quarter Best Performing Commands Awards ceremony at the agency’s national headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday 27th 2022.
NDLEA operatives allegedly shot Gambo to death at Sundumina Village in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa on April 21.
“I have a poultry farm and was told that if I feed the chickens with Indian hemp seeds, they would grow fast and strong, and would not fall sick.
Four traffickers involved in attempts to import and export illicit drugs through the country are now in the Agency’s custody.
This was revealed by the NDLEA’s Sector Commander, Umar Adoro, at a news briefing in Kaduna on Saturday.
This was made known in a statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Thursday.
The spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the development on Thursday morning.
The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi disclosed this Sunday, confirming the arrest of seven traffickers.
The honour was bestowed on the former state governor by the State’s Commandant, Adamu Iron, on behalf of the agency.