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Friday, April 30, 2010

NDLEA insists on prosecuting nonagenarian for drug offence

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said the ninety-three-year-old man being prosecuted for drug offences would not be let off the hook.

Its Chairman,Ahmadu Giade, gave the assurance said the man identified as Jimoh Yerumo Babalola had already been charged to court in Ibadan, adding that nothing would be done to help him escape justice.

The man had on Wednesday appeared before Justice Jonathan Sharkarho at the Federal High Court, Ibadan, and the case has been adjourned to June twenty-eight for hearing.

He said the man was arrested for allegedly cultivating and dealing in cannabis Indian hemp, an offence punishable under the Agency Act.

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