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Photos: Lagos Federal High Court Sentence 3 Foreigners To 6years For Drugs by Vaxt(m): 6:53am On Dec 08, 2016 |
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced
three Bolivians to six years’ imprisonment for dealing in
illicit drugs.
The convicts are Reuben Jorge, Yhugo Moreno and Yerko
Dorado.
They were sentenced by Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo,
who affirmed their guilty plea to the two counts pressed
against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency.
The convicts had been in detention since February 3,
2013, when they were arrested by operatives of the
NDLEA on Daily Times Estate, Satellite Town, Lagos State,
the base where they illegally produced Ephedrine and
Methamphetamine.
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The convicts were said to have been housed by their
Nigerian accomplices between November 2011, and
February 2012, before they were caught.
The NDLEA had told the judge that the foreigners violated
Section 22 (a) of the NDLEA Act and were liable to be
jailed for life or imprisoned for not less than 25 years.
But in her judgment on Tuesday, Justice Oguntoyinbo
said what the law prescribed was a maximum of 25
years, but that a judge could, based on his discretion,
impose a lesser jail term.
She therefore sentenced the convicts to six years on each
count. She said the sentence would run concurrently and
would start from February 3, 2013, when they were
arrested.
Justice Oguntoyinbo said, “It is, therefore, in the light of
Section 22 (a) and Section 12 of the NDLEA Act, that
these three defendants, having been found guilty and
convicted of the offences alleged in counts one and two
of the charge (sheet) dated the 18th day of February,
2013, are now sentenced on count one to a period of six
prison years and on count two to a prison period of six
years.
“Both sentences shall run concurrently and shall be
calculated from the date the defendants were first
arrested, which is the 3rd day of February, 2013.
The defendants have benefited from the commitment of
their counsel. Both defendants and the NDLEA have a
right of appeal.”
Following the judgment, the three convicted foreigners
jubilated outside the courtroom where they hugged one
another and posed for a snapshot by Punch
correspondent.
The convicted foreigners were first arraigned on March
23, 2013, before Justice Ibrahim Buba of the same court,
where they earlier pleaded not guilty to the initial six
counts pressed against them by the NDLEA.
Following their not guilty plea, Justice Buba admitted
them to bail in the sum of N50m each with two sureties
in like sum.
The judge said one of the sureties must be an owner of a
landed property in Lagos valued at not less than N10m,
while the other must be a Bolivian with resident permit in
Nigeria.
The foreigners were equally ordered to report weekly
and sign an attendance register at the office of the
NDLEA, to show that they were still in Nigeria.
They were mandated to sign and file an undertaking that
they would not delay trial.
In spite of the bail, the foreigners remained in detention
as they found it difficult to perfect the bail.
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Re: Photos: Lagos Federal High Court Sentence 3 Foreigners To 6years For Drugs by Emerikoss: 6:54am On Dec 08, 2016 |
Jeez! |
Re: Photos: Lagos Federal High Court Sentence 3 Foreigners To 6years For Drugs by Nobody: 7:01am On Dec 08, 2016 |
See as they are smiling sef. 6yrs is too small jor. And why is that lawyer hugging that dude like that. Am not understanding the pic o. |
Re: Photos: Lagos Federal High Court Sentence 3 Foreigners To 6years For Drugs by LegendaryArnold(m): 7:11am On Dec 08, 2016 |
Why just 6 years? While in their country, we would have been sentenced to death...and where's your source? |
Re: Photos: Lagos Federal High Court Sentence 3 Foreigners To 6years For Drugs by Franky826: 8:18am On Dec 08, 2016 |
That smile is going to disappear when una reach kirikiri. Una think say hot dog and pizza dey there Una go salute kodo taya |
Re: Photos: Lagos Federal High Court Sentence 3 Foreigners To 6years For Drugs by Kingbuhari(m): 8:27am On Dec 08, 2016 |
just 6years... Nigeria is a useless country, a country without direction... see how fat they look... I'm 100% sure they are on house arrest, I will start lightening my complexion let's see if I will get the same preference treatment... buhari is a mad cow.... OSIBANDE is a puppet, saraki an intelligent criminal.. Tinubu a useless loser... my offspring will never have anything to do with this failed system |
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