A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a 27-year-old man, Nurudeen Olalekan, to two years imprisonment for trafficking 17.1 grammes of cocaine.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arraigned Olalekan before Justice Saliu Saidu, on one-count charge of drug trafficking.
He pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court to temper justice with mercy, saying that he would never commit crime again.
After his plea, the prosecutor, Mr Jeremiah Aernan, reviewed the facts of the case before the court and tendered some exhibits, including a written statement of the convict.
Aernan then urged the court to admit the exhibits as part of evidences in convicting the accused.
Justice Saidu admitted and marked the exhibits accordingly.
Delivering judgement, the court found the accused guilty of the offence as charged and consequently convicted him.
In his sentence, the judge noted the negative effects of drug trafficking in the society and warned the convict to desist from crime.
“The convict is hereby sentenced to a term of two years imprisonment which will begin to run from the date of his arrest, ” he said
The court also ordered the drug exhibits to be disposed off by the prosecution if no appeal subsist.
According to the charge, the convict committed the offence on April 28.
The prosecutor said that the convict was arrested at Bonny way motor park in Oyingbo, Ebute Meta, Lagos, with quantities of the restricted narcotics, weighing 17.1 grammes.
The offence contravened the Sections 11 (a) of the NDLEA Act, Cap N30 Laws of the Federation 2004. (NAN)
