NDLEA secures 974 convictions in three months, 11 kingpins jailed for 254 years

NDLEA secures 974 convictions in three months, 11 kingpins jailed for 254 years

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured the conviction of 974 drug offenders nationwide in the first quarter of 2026, including 11 major traffickers sentenced to a combined 254 years in prison. According to a statement released to the press by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the convictions were recorded between January and March as part of intensified efforts to arrest, […]

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Four Lagos drug lords jailed 28 years, forfeit VGC houses

Four drug kingpins involved in the historic seizure of 2,139.55 kilograms of cocaine at an Ikorodu residential estate in 2022 have been sentenced by a Federal High Court in Lagos. The convicts —Soji Jubril Oke, 71; Wasiu Akinade, 55; Emmanuel Arinze Chukwu, 67; and Kelvin Christopher Smith, 44, a Jamaican— were arrested by the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency operatives in various locations across Lagos between Sunday night, September 18, […]

December 27, 2024 87

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Canadian lady jailed 11 years for importing 35.20kg cannabis

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 41-year-old Canadian lady, Adrienne Munju, to 11 years imprisonment for importing 35.20 kilogrammes of Canadian Loud (Cannabis Sativa) into Nigeria. Justice Dehinde Dipeolu who handed down the verdict also gave her an option of N100m fine on the two counts preferred against her by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The judge convicted and sentenced Munju following her […]

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