A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, has sentenced two drug traffickers to fifty-five years in jail.

One of the convicts, Deborah Okafor, a 30-year-old professional dancer, was charged with conspiracy, trafficking and unlawful possession of 3.450kg of amphetamine, while the other, Iheme Onyemauchechukwu, was charged with trafficking and unlawful importation of 9.975kg of heroin. They were both arrested at the Enugu airport.

A statement by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said Okafor would have been paid the sum of $3,500 if she successfully made her trip to Malaysia.

She was convicted and sentenced by Justice D. V. Agishi to 10 years each in counts one and two and 20 years in count three making her sentence 40 years altogether.

The second convict, Onyemauchechukwu, 27, was charged with trafficking and unlawful importation of 9.975kg of heroin. He was convicted as charged and sentenced to 10 years in count one with a fine of N1m and five years in count two with a fine of N500,000,000.

Okafor reportedly hid 3.450kg of amphetamine inside the pockets of jean trousers in her luggage.

She told the court that she was broke and needed money. “I had been approached on many occasions to smuggle drugs but I declined. I thought that I could earn some quick money in few days,” she stated.

Onyemauchechukwu said he was recruited in Tanzania by a suspected drug cartel in East Africa. He told investigators that he smuggled drugs because he was stranded.

“I used to sell phone accessories before I left the country. I wanted to go to Malaysia in search of job opportunities but I was stranded in Tanzania. Then I met a Nigerian who gave me money and promised to assist me get back to Nigeria. He offered to give me some money to start up my business. He later took me to Bujumbura in Burundi where I was given 9.975kg of heroin hidden inside cosmetics,” he stated.

NDLEA Chairman,Ahmadu Giade, expressed satisfaction with the judgment.

He said, “While this punishment is expected to correct the convicts, it will equally help to deter others from getting involved in drug trafficking. The agency commits huge resources in drug investigation, arrests and prosecution. Judgment like this will further lend credence to the nation’s anti-drug campaign.”

Source:http://www.ladunliadinews.com/2015/06/pictured-two-young-nigerians-get-55.html?m=1

They don't learn

Lord help our young pple.

Chai
The guy doncget wife be that

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stobery:
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Chaaiii! SMH for this people


#TEAM SCENT

chai!!! 55 years

people still believe in "shortcut to success"

What you worked for with your two hands and sweat will definitely last forever.....

kk

Good.....




Make them chop the food dem don't cook.....

elantraceey:
55years of their life going to waste, I don't pity them.

Do I?

When government fail his people and another government promise change and they also fail woefully, this is wat you get

Okay! Good for them

Crime don't pay.

Biafrans again

From same region again

55 years?

Please just flog them 10,000 strokes each and let them go. I promise you they won't do it again (if they survive the beating)

Just 55?
Y na?

J

HOPE THIS IGBO KIND OF A THING WONT DENT NIGERIA IMAGE PATAPATA OO.

That's 10 years. Looks like she'd serve all counts at the same time.

Wish them a repentant moment in prison.

Again? 'Ori to ma je igun ba fun ni adiye ko ni gba' - These people ought to have learned.

Sad

Good for them

Humanbeing1st:
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For leg-over

jacabi:
Again?

No... Before...

Bonapart:
When government fail his people and another government promise change and they also fail woefully, this is wat you get

Do they?
Av they?
How many months or years av the present government spent on sit?
Why are Nigerians Impatient....?
When will we learn 'Rome wasn't built in a DAY'? too bad

55years of their life going to waste, I don't pity them.

One of the convicts, Deborah Okafor, a 30-year-old professional dancer, was charged with conspiracy, trafficking and unlawful possession of 3.450kg of amphetamine, while the other, Iheme Onyemauchechukwu, was charged with trafficking and unlawful importation of 9.975kg of heroin. They were both arrested at the Enugu airport.

These people again!
I think FG should shutdown Enugu Airport...we can not allow ibos to destroy national asset.

greatbaba:
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For Junior..