Four drug lords were sentenced to various jail terms totalling 28 years with hard labour by Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Lagos.
Photo Credit: NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) made this known in a statement via its official X handle (@ndlea_nigeria) on Thursday. The agency identified the convicts as Soji Jubril Oke, 71; Emmanuel Arinze Chukwu, 67; Wasiu Akinade, 55; and Kelvin Christopher Smith, 44, a Jamaican.
As established by the court, the convicts were nabbed by NDLEA in connection with the historic seizure of 2,139.55 kilograms of illicit drugs at an Ikorodu residential estate in 2022.
The agency said the trial judge after over two years of diligent prosecution sentenced Smith to four years imprisonment with hard labour, Chukwu to 16 years, Oke to years with hard labour, and Akinade to three years with hard labour.
Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Lagos, gave the convicts varying options of fine with the exception of one of them who will serve his full jail term without an option of fine.
The court ordered the forfeiture of a grey colour Toyota Tacoma SUV, $50,000 USD, N55,099,509.50 belonging to Emmanuel Chukwu, N9,003,168.06 and N3,052,295.20 belonging to Wasiu Akinade.
