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Man Bags 18 Months Jail Term For Trafficking 78kg Of Cannabis
The Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Tuesday, sentenced a 30-year-old man, Lepan David, to 18 months imprisonment for trafficking in 78kg of cannabis.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), charged David, who lives in Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau with drug trafficking.
Delivering judgment, Justice Dorcas Agishi, condemned the attitude of the convict who claimed he indulged in farming cannabis to take care of his wife and three children.
“I don’t think the excuse given by convict as to why he indulged in the illicit and illegal act is tenable because of the danger such drug pose to society.
“If not because your Counsel pleaded for leniency I would have given you the maximum punishment for such an offence.
“But for pleading guilty and showing some remorse, I hereby sentence you, David, to 18 months imprisonment and a fine of N50, 000,” she declared.
The NDLEA prosecution Counsel, Mr Uche Chukwu, had told the court that the convict was arrested on October 21, 2020 in his Village at Langtang North LGA of Plateau with 78 kg of fresh Cannabis Sativa.
He explained that the cannabis is similar to cocaine and heroin.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of Section 19 of NDLEA Act CAP 30 Law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004 (as amended).
The prosecution called an NDLEA Exhibit Officer, Mr Etsu Daniel, as witness, who testified and tendered three documents and the substance, contained in three bags as exhibits against the convict.
The defence Counsel, Thomas Kindness, had pleaded with the judge to tamper justice with mercy since the convict pleaded to the offence and showed some remorse.
“My Lord, you can see that the accused is in tears and pleading for mercy. This is because he has a wife and three children to take care of as the breed winner of the family.
“Please tamper justice with mercy,” Kindness pleaded.
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Delta Attorney-General Laments Hike In Human Trafficking
Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ekemejero Ohwovoriole (SAN) has lamented the increasing rate of human trafficking, especially the girl child in the state.
Ohwovoriole decried the increase in his office in Asaba when the zonal commander of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Mr Nduka Nwawenne paid him a courtesy visit.
The Attorney-General stated that it was against the dignity of the state and disheartening to see that Delta State now ranked first in human trafficking, overtaking Edo State.
He stressed the need for stakeholders to tackle the menace, adding that if it was one single victim that was rescued, they would be rewarded for their efforts.
Ohwovoriole stated that young girls were the most vulnerable ones in the issue of human trafficking, stressing that children from poor family backgrounds also fall victim to human trafficking.
While saying that their request for an office space in the state would be looked into, to see how the government could be of assistance to them, he assured them of his ministry’s partnership in the fight against human trafficking.
He said that the Task Force on human trafficking and irregular migration, which he chairs, should be having regular meetings.
Earlier, the Zonal Commander of Naptip, Mr. Nwawenne informed the commissioner that Delta state had overtaken Edo state as the foremost state in human trafficking in nigeria.
He told the Attorney-General that their Zonal Command was the first to be established in Nigeria because of the prevailing issues of human trafficking in the area, noting that ika south was the highest in cases of human trafficking as a result of its proximity with edo state.
Nwawenne appealed to the Commissioner and the State Government to provide office accommodation for their officials to operate in Asaba.
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Army Arrests 50 Foreigners, Others For Job Racketeering
The Nigerian Army said it has arrested 50 suspects, including foreigners, for alleged international job racketeering in Lagos.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who addressed journalists in Abuja, on Wednesday, said the suspects were arrested during an operation jointly conducted by the Army and the Nigeria Immigration Service.
He also disclosed that no fewer than 13 criminals were killed and 88 arrested during various operations across 20 states of the federation.
Among those arrested include 50 suspects comprising foreigners who were nabbed for alleged International job racketeering.
Onyema said, “In the South-West region, on November 2, 2023, troops of 9 Brigade Nigerian Army in conjunction with personnel of Nigerian Immigration Service, Lagos State Command, conducted a raid operation on a suspected criminal hideout at Ifako Ijaye.
“During the operation, 50 suspects, including foreigners who specialise in international job racketeering, were arrested. In a similar development same day, the same troops arrested two suspects at a hotel in Ogba in the Ikeja LGA.
“The arrest was in connection with the murder of one Mallam Idris Ardo, the Ardo of Panya Village in Plateau State. Preliminary investigation revealed that one of the arrested suspects masterminded the killing of Ardo and fled the community since the incident occurred.”
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