Drug Trafficker Jailed 18 Years
A drug trafficker, who was arrested with 35 kilogrammes of cannabis, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, North-Central Nigeria.
Justice Faji Olayinka found 30-year old Bello Abdullahi guilty on two count charge of unlawful possession and dealing in hard drugs and sentenced him to 18 years imprisonment.
The drug convict was arrested by NDLEA operatives of the Kwara State command along Ilorin-Jebba Road on 6 January 2010 while on his way to Funtua, Katsina State.
The NDLEA Chairman, Ahmadu Giade, described the sentence as very encouraging, adding that it is a foretaste of what drug convicts will experience in 2011.
“The nation is looking forward to an era of strict enforcement through adherence to adequate and efficient legal framework. Drug traffickers must brace up for strict drug law enforcement in 2011. This is one of our strategies in reducing cases of drug trafficking in the country,” Giade said.
According to Giade, effective drug control has some components: Adequacy and efficacy of legal framework, drug demand reduction and control of illicit drug supply.
“Nigeria must persistently deploy resources in addressing the illicit trade in narcotics. Our policy is to stifle drug trafficking cartels through constant arrests, investigation of assets and diligent prosecution,” he said.
Giade said that the country must learn from the bizarre experiences of Mexico where official figures of drug related deaths in 2010 are 15,000.
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NDLEA alleges plan to attack Kano office
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has alleged that there is a plan by some youths to attack its Kano State Command office.
In a statement, the NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Ofoyeju Mitchell, said Ahmadu Giade, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, described such a plan as "baseless and misguided".
Giade said the youths received false information that wrong candidates were selected for Kano State during the agency's recruitment and stressed that no name had been published since the exercise was still on-going.
"The Agency is a Federal Government establishment and its recruitment process is based on the principle of federal character and fairplay.
He assured all job applicants to the agency that the selection process would be "transparent and fair" and urged the youths to be law abiding.
The statement said that security had been beefed up in all NDLEA formations across the country following an intelligence report on the planned attack.
It warned that "any attack shall be resisted while those responsible shall be dealt with according to the laws of the land.
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96 persons convicted for drug-related offences in Katsina
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) secured the conviction of 96 persons out of the 407 suspects it arrested for drug-related offences in Katsina State in 2010.
The state NDLEA Commander, Ahmad Garba, said on Friday that the convicts were sentenced to various jail terms by the Federal High Court, Katsina, where they were charged.
He said 12 of the suspects were women, one of whom, Abu Sale, was convicted and jailed.
Garba said the agency successfully counselled and rehabilitated 279 drugs addicts in theb year.
Garba said the agency seized 517.8 kilogrammes of various illicit drugs, comprising mostly Indian hemp and other psychotropic substances.
He attributed the agency success story in the year to the diligence of its staff in reciprocity of the management's efforts in boosting their morale.
The commander also commended the government and people of the state for their support and cooperation with the agency.
He particularly commended the efforts of the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumin Kabir- Usman, and Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Faruk, for supporting the agency’s campaigns against drug abuse.
Garba promised that the agency would continue to do its best in the struggle to eradicate the menace of drug abuse and trafficking in the state.
He appealed for more community support to enable the agency to succeed in making Katsina a drug-abuse-free state.
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Expect hard times in 2011 -- NDLEA boss warns drug traffickers.
The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, on Friday said that the agency would in 2011 intensify its crackdown on drug traffickers.
Giade made the declaration in a statement while reacting to the 18-year jail term passed on a drug trafficker by Justice Faji Olayinka of the Federal High Court in Ilorin.
A statement by Mitchell Ofoyeju, NDLEA’s Head of Public Affairs, quoted Giade as describing the sentence as very encouraging.
The NDLEA boss said that the sentence was a sign of what to expect in the New Year.
Drug traffickers must brace up for strict drug law enforcement in 2011. This is one of our strategies in reducing drug trafficking in the country.
The statement said the convict, Bello Abdullahi, was arrested on Ilorin-Jebba Road on Jan. 6, 2010 with 35kg of cannabis while on his way to Funtua, Katsina State.
The convict was subsequently arraigned on a two-count charge of unlawful possession and dealing in hard drugs.
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NDLEA naps woman with 1.4kgs of heroin in Port Harcourt
The NDLEA, Port Harcourt International Airport Command, has arrested a woman, aged 59, with 99 wraps of heroin, weighing 1.4 kilogrammes.
Julius Parah, the Agency’s Commander, who paraded the suspect before newsmen on Friday in Port Harcourt, said she was arrested during Outward Clearance of Air France flight on Dec. 27.
During the clearance of flight AF 3051 to Paris, a woman was intercepted with the hard drug by officers of the NDLEA, he said.
Parah said the suspect, with a Nigerian International Passport, also had an electronic ticket number 6UK7QU with which she would have travelled out of the country.
He said that the suspect had obtained a boarding pass and was assigned seat number 46 from Port Harcourt to Paris, with a connecting flight from Paris to USA.
The commander said after preliminary interrogation, the command discovered that the suspect, an indigene of Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo, resides in Lagos.
Parah told reporters that she had confessed to swallowing wraps of the substance.
Parah warned drug traffickers against passing through the Port Harcourt airport as the command was ready to unmask any dealer who ignored the warning.
This is the second drug trafficker arrested at the airport after one cocaine trafficker was caught in June.
The suspect told newsmen that she was HIV positive.
I am HIV positive, I took the risk to enable me take care of the health challenges that I am facing,’’ she said.
The substance was sealed in three transparent envelops and it is estimated to cost N15 million.
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A drug trafficker, who was arrested with 35 kilogrammes of cannabis, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, North-Central Nigeria.
Justice Faji Olayinka found 30-year old Bello Abdullahi guilty on two count charge of unlawful possession and dealing in hard drugs and sentenced him to 18 years imprisonment.
The drug convict was arrested by NDLEA operatives of the Kwara State command along Ilorin-Jebba Road on 6 January 2010 while on his way to Funtua, Katsina State.
The NDLEA Chairman, Ahmadu Giade, described the sentence as very encouraging, adding that it is a foretaste of what drug convicts will experience in 2011.
“The nation is looking forward to an era of strict enforcement through adherence to adequate and efficient legal framework. Drug traffickers must brace up for strict drug law enforcement in 2011. This is one of our strategies in reducing cases of drug trafficking in the country,” Giade said.
According to Giade, effective drug control has some components: Adequacy and efficacy of legal framework, drug demand reduction and control of illicit drug supply.
“Nigeria must persistently deploy resources in addressing the illicit trade in narcotics. Our policy is to stifle drug trafficking cartels through constant arrests, investigation of assets and diligent prosecution,” he said.
Giade said that the country must learn from the bizarre experiences of Mexico where official figures of drug related deaths in 2010 are 15,000.
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NDLEA alleges plan to attack Kano office
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has alleged that there is a plan by some youths to attack its Kano State Command office.
In a statement, the NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Ofoyeju Mitchell, said Ahmadu Giade, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, described such a plan as "baseless and misguided".
Giade said the youths received false information that wrong candidates were selected for Kano State during the agency's recruitment and stressed that no name had been published since the exercise was still on-going.
"The Agency is a Federal Government establishment and its recruitment process is based on the principle of federal character and fairplay.
He assured all job applicants to the agency that the selection process would be "transparent and fair" and urged the youths to be law abiding.
The statement said that security had been beefed up in all NDLEA formations across the country following an intelligence report on the planned attack.
It warned that "any attack shall be resisted while those responsible shall be dealt with according to the laws of the land.
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96 persons convicted for drug-related offences in Katsina
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) secured the conviction of 96 persons out of the 407 suspects it arrested for drug-related offences in Katsina State in 2010.
The state NDLEA Commander, Ahmad Garba, said on Friday that the convicts were sentenced to various jail terms by the Federal High Court, Katsina, where they were charged.
He said 12 of the suspects were women, one of whom, Abu Sale, was convicted and jailed.
Garba said the agency successfully counselled and rehabilitated 279 drugs addicts in theb year.
Garba said the agency seized 517.8 kilogrammes of various illicit drugs, comprising mostly Indian hemp and other psychotropic substances.
He attributed the agency success story in the year to the diligence of its staff in reciprocity of the management's efforts in boosting their morale.
The commander also commended the government and people of the state for their support and cooperation with the agency.
He particularly commended the efforts of the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumin Kabir- Usman, and Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Faruk, for supporting the agency’s campaigns against drug abuse.
Garba promised that the agency would continue to do its best in the struggle to eradicate the menace of drug abuse and trafficking in the state.
He appealed for more community support to enable the agency to succeed in making Katsina a drug-abuse-free state.
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Expect hard times in 2011 -- NDLEA boss warns drug traffickers.
The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, on Friday said that the agency would in 2011 intensify its crackdown on drug traffickers.
Giade made the declaration in a statement while reacting to the 18-year jail term passed on a drug trafficker by Justice Faji Olayinka of the Federal High Court in Ilorin.
A statement by Mitchell Ofoyeju, NDLEA’s Head of Public Affairs, quoted Giade as describing the sentence as very encouraging.
The NDLEA boss said that the sentence was a sign of what to expect in the New Year.
Drug traffickers must brace up for strict drug law enforcement in 2011. This is one of our strategies in reducing drug trafficking in the country.
The statement said the convict, Bello Abdullahi, was arrested on Ilorin-Jebba Road on Jan. 6, 2010 with 35kg of cannabis while on his way to Funtua, Katsina State.
The convict was subsequently arraigned on a two-count charge of unlawful possession and dealing in hard drugs.
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NDLEA naps woman with 1.4kgs of heroin in Port Harcourt
The NDLEA, Port Harcourt International Airport Command, has arrested a woman, aged 59, with 99 wraps of heroin, weighing 1.4 kilogrammes.
Julius Parah, the Agency’s Commander, who paraded the suspect before newsmen on Friday in Port Harcourt, said she was arrested during Outward Clearance of Air France flight on Dec. 27.
During the clearance of flight AF 3051 to Paris, a woman was intercepted with the hard drug by officers of the NDLEA, he said.
Parah said the suspect, with a Nigerian International Passport, also had an electronic ticket number 6UK7QU with which she would have travelled out of the country.
He said that the suspect had obtained a boarding pass and was assigned seat number 46 from Port Harcourt to Paris, with a connecting flight from Paris to USA.
The commander said after preliminary interrogation, the command discovered that the suspect, an indigene of Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo, resides in Lagos.
Parah told reporters that she had confessed to swallowing wraps of the substance.
Parah warned drug traffickers against passing through the Port Harcourt airport as the command was ready to unmask any dealer who ignored the warning.
This is the second drug trafficker arrested at the airport after one cocaine trafficker was caught in June.
The suspect told newsmen that she was HIV positive.
I am HIV positive, I took the risk to enable me take care of the health challenges that I am facing,’’ she said.
The substance was sealed in three transparent envelops and it is estimated to cost N15 million.
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