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A Nigerian Mother Of 4 Sentenced To 10yrs In Jail For Cocaine Smuggling by Guitary(m): 9:15am On Nov 02, 2017
A Federal High Court in Lagos, South West Nigeria on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a mother of four to 10 years imprisonment for trafficking in cocaine.
The court convicted and sentenced the 56 years old woman, Owolabi Oluwayemisi Modinat, to the jail term, after she pleaded guilty to one count charge preferred against her by the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The convict had earlier pleaded guilty when she was first arraigned before the court, and maintained her plea when the matter came up today .
In urging the court to convict the mother of four, the NDLEA prosecutor, while reviewing the fact of the case, tendered the convict’s harmonized ECOWAS passport with number: 1808098653, an E-ticket and boarding pass as evidence. Other evidence tendered by the prosecutor includes: three written statements of the convict, two request of scientific aid form, a drug analysing report, two evidence pouches, two transparent pouches containing bulk of the drug, two scientific report of the drug, and a sealed brown envelope with reference number:DEA/17/MM/013, which were admitted as exhibitsAfter tendering the evidence, coupled with the plea of the mother of four, the prosecutor urged the court to convict and sentence her accordingly. Consequently, the presiding Judge, Justice Rilwan Aikawa, pronounced the convict guilty as charged. The convict, in her plea for leniency through her lawyer, Morenike Ogunleye, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing her.In sentencing the convict, the judge asked the prosecutor, for the punishment for the crime committed as stipulated by the NDLEA Act, and the prosecutor said it is life imprisonment.In the charge marked FHC/L/301c/17, The convict was arrested on May 19, 2017, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, during outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight to Saudi Arabia, with 330 grammes of Cocaine, a narcotic drug.The offence,committed by the convict is contrary to and punishable under section 11(b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap. N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. ()
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Re: A Nigerian Mother Of 4 Sentenced To 10yrs In Jail For Cocaine Smuggling by mikejj(m): 9:20am On Nov 02, 2017
grin i know she is a yoruba woman.

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Re: A Nigerian Mother Of 4 Sentenced To 10yrs In Jail For Cocaine Smuggling by Hizayus(m): 9:21am On Nov 02, 2017
Blame Buhari
Re: A Nigerian Mother Of 4 Sentenced To 10yrs In Jail For Cocaine Smuggling by 7inches: 9:50pm On Nov 02, 2017
When i saw woman i was 100% sure she would be Yoruba

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