A Lagos Federal High Court weekend convicted and sentenced a 33 -year-old man, Duru Kingsley, for unlawfully dealing in 124.4 kilograms of several brand of tramadol.
Justice Akintayo Aluko sentenced the convict to jail-term after he pleaded guilty to five count charge of conspiracy and unlawful dealing in the banned drugs.
The convict, according to the prosecutor, Mr. Lambert Nor, engaged in the illegal acts between August 27 and September 2, 2022, at First Estate, Raji Rasaki Road, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos.
Lambert told the court that the convict had in his possession 111.2 kilograms of Tramadol Hydrochloride 250mg; 115.2 kilograms of Tramadol Hydrochloride 120grams; 10 kilogrames of Tramadol Hydrochloride 100mg and 8 kilograms Tramadol Hydrochloride 100mg.
He told the court that the offences committed by the convict, contravened Sections Section 14 (b) and 11(d) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act Cap 3 30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, and punishable under the same act.
The convict pleaded guilty to the five counts charge, after the charges were read to him.
Upon his guilty plea, the prosecutor urged the court to convict and sentence him in accordance with the law he was charged with.
However, counsel to the defendant, Mr. Mousa D. Anyama, in his allocator, pleaded with the court to tamper justice with mercy in sentencing his client, whom he described as a first time convict.
Anyama told the court that the convict was a squatter where he was arrested with the banned drug.
