Two drug traffickers bag 20- year jail terms

Bose Simeon |

Two drug traffickers Rahmon Ademuyiwa and Suleiman Jimoh have been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment each for dealing in Cocaine and Indian hemp.

Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek of the Federal High Court Ibadan, on Thursday, in two separate judgments, said she convicted and sentenced Ademuyiwa and Jimoh based on the evidence before her.

“In view of the tragic effect of illicit drug on the society and to serve as deterrence to others, Ademuyiwa is sentenced to 10 years in prison and Jimoh also sentenced to 10 years in prison.

“The sentencing starts from the date each of the convicts was first arrested.

“The weed exhibits seized from the convicts shall be destroyed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),” the Judge said.

Earlier, Mr Raphael Himinkaiye, counsel to the NDLEA Oyo Command, had told the court that the duo faced a one-count bordering on unlawful dealing in illicit drug.

Himinkaiye also said that the convicts committed the crime on April 19, 2017, and May 3, 2016, at Bere and Oritamerin areas of Ibadan.

The prosecutor said that the first convict, Ademuyiwa, was apprehended with 6.3 kg of cocaine while the second, Jimoh was caught in possession of 7.3 kg of Indian hemp.

The offence he said contravened Section 11 (C) of the NDLEA Act Cap N30 Law of Federation of Nigeria 2004