A Federal High Court, Lagos, presided over by Justice Akintoye Aluko, today, convicted and sentenced a 52-year-old man Christopher Efezokhae, to two years imprisonment, without option of fine, for dealing in 7.4 Kilogrames of Cannabis Sativa, also known as Marijuana.
Justice Aluko sentenced the defendant to the jail term after his guilt plea to the one count charge filed against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
NDLEA through it’s lawyer, Barrister M. J. Mamza, had told the court they the convict, Christopher Efezokhae, had on or about the 11th day of September 2024 at the Young Shall Grow Motor Park, Cele Bus Stop, Lagos, without lawful authority trafficked the prohibited weeds.
Mamza had told the court that the convict’s act, contravened section 11 (b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act Cap N30 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, and punishable under the same Act.
Upon the reading of the charge and the convict’s plea of guilt, ther prosecutor urged the court to allow her review the fact of the case upon which all material evidence were tendered before the court and admitted in evidence
The prosecutor thereafter urged the court to convict the defendant as charge based on his guilty plea, the evidence placed before the court and in line with the relevant section in the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.
Justice Akintoye Aluko in his ruling, convicted the defendant as charge.
Following the conviction of Christopher Efezokhae, his counsel, Mr Oke Prosper Ojakovo, made allocutus on behalf of the defendant.
Ojakovo pleaded with the the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing the convict and an option of fine instead of custodian sentence.
After listening to both the prosecution and the defence counsel, Justice Aluko sentenced the convict to two years imprisonment without option of fine.
The Charge Against The Defendant Read: “that you, Christopher Efezokhae, Male, Adult, 52 years old, on or about the 11th day of September 2024, at the Young Shall Grow Motor Park, Cele Bus Stop, Lagos State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court without lawful authority trafficked 7.4 Kilogrames of Cannabis Sativa, a narcotic drug similar to Cocaine, Heroin and LSD and therefore committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 11 (b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act Cap N30 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.”
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