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Justice Mohammed Garba of the Federal High Court in Kaduna sentenced two men, Yusuf Garba and Dauda Musa, to five years imprisonment each for trafficking in illicit drugs on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Justice Garba sentenced the defendants after they pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies( NDLEA).<\/p>\n

However, the convicts were each given a N500,000 fine option.<\/p>\n

Reviewing the facts of the case, NDLEA\u2019s counsel, T. J. Atserhegh, told the court that the convicts were arrested at Rigachikun, Kaduna, while transporting 60kg of cannabis sativa.<\/p>\n

The offence he said contravened Section 11 (c) of the NDLEA Act, Cap N30 Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.<\/p>\n

Atserhegh produced before the court the certificate of analysis of the drug, the drug analysis report, defendants\u2019 statements and cannabis tendered and admitted as exhibits.<\/p>\n

After listening to the facts as reviewed by the prosecution, the judge convicted the defendants as charged.<\/p>\n

In his plea for mercy, the defence counsel, Hassan Umar, prayed the court to be lenient in sentencing the convicts.<\/p>\n

He submitted that the convicts have shown remorse and did not waste the time of the court.<\/p>\n

Two men jailed 5 years each for trafficking in illicit drugs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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