A Federal High Court in Lagos Thursday sentenced a cocaine importer,” Mr. Ejiofor Eliezer, to 10 years imprisonment.
The sentence followed Eliezer’s conviction on a single count of unlawful importation of 2.155 kilogrammes of the illegal drug, filed by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Justice Rilwan Aikawa, who handed down the ruling, said the prison term would begin running in the date Eliezer had been re-arrested after jumping bail.
Asuquo stated Eliezer was detained on March 5, 2015, through an inaugural clearance of Arik Airline, in the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, together with 2.155 kilogrammes of cocaine without any legal authority.
The offence, Asuquo included, was contrary to and punishable under Section 11(a) of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), 2004.
Eliezer pleaded not guilty when he had been arraigned at 2015 and has been admitted to bail.
However until the conclusion of the trial, he became evasive, and the court reversed his bond and announced him desired. Eliezer was later rearrested and remanded in Nigerian Correctional Services (NCOS) custody.
The fee on which Eliezer was detained: “You Ejiofor Eliezer, Male, Mature on roughly 5th day of March 2015, throughout the Inward Clearance of Arik Airline in the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, over the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court. Imported 2.155 Kilograms of Cocaine without legal authority and thus committed an offense against and punishable under Section 11(a) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies Act Cap N3O, Law of the Federation of Nigeria.”
