Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced one Ejiofor Eliezer to 10 years’ imprisonment for smuggling 2.155 kilograms of cocaine to Nigeria.
Eliezer was arraigned before the
court by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency on one count of unlawful
importation of hard drug.
According to the NDLEA prosecutor,
Theresa Asuquo, Eliezer was arrested on March 5, 2015, during an inward
clearance of Arik Air at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja,
with 2.155 kilograms of cocaine.
Asuquo told the court that the
offence was contrary to and punishable under Section 11(a) of the National
Drugs Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap. N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria,
2004.
During the trial, the NDLEA called
witnesses and tendered several exhibits, including the seized drug and the
convict’s passport, which were admitted by the court, but before the conclusion
of trial, Eliezer was admitted to bail by the court, but became elusive.
He was declared wanted by the court
and was later rearrested and remanded in a correctional facility.
- Punch
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