₦airaland Forum

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on
Thursday, took one Adeogun Olajide before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly importing 2.692 kilogrammes of cocaine into the country.

Olajide, said to be an official of the NDLEA, was taken before Justice Saliu Saidu along with one Adams Michael, a.k.a. Chidi, with whom he allegedly conspired to commit the crime.

The two men were arraigned on four counts bordering on importation of cocaine without lawful
authority.

The offence, according to the prosecution, was
contrary to sections 11(a) and 14(b) of the National
Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act Cap N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

The prosecutor for the NDLEA, Augustine Nwagu,
alleged that the defendants committed the offence
between January and March 2015.

The prosecution alleged that the accused persons
were found in possession of 2.092kg of cocaine on
February 24, 2015 at the Murtala Mohammed
International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

NDLEA also alleged that another 600 grammes of the illicit substance, believed to be imported, were found on the accused persons on March 8, 2015.

But upon reading the four counts to them before
Saidu, both Olajide and Michael denied the claims as they pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Following their plea, the NDLEA prosecutor urged the court to allow the men be remanded in the agency’s custody pending when investigations into the matter would be concluded.

“My Lord, in view of the plea of the accused persons, may we humbly ask the court to order the remand of the accused persons at the NDLEA facility pending the conclusion of investigation into this case; investigation is still ongoing,” Nwagu said.

However, lawyer for the accused persons, Mr. Benson Ndakara, while pointing out that his clients had been in the custody of the agency since March, urged that they should be allowed to go on bail.

Saidu, however, remanded the accused persons in
the NDLEA’s custody for seven days, pending the
conclusion of investigations.

The judge said if the investigation was not concluded within the time, the court would have no other option but to hear the defendants’ bail application.

He subsequently adjourned further proceedings in
the matter till May 14, 2015.



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Wish they can transport the goat to China/Indonesia ASAP.Nig is not a safe haven for drug traffickers .Useless man

No be only arraign we won hear. We won hear sentence

That NDLEA official, if found guilty, deserves special & lengthy sentence to serve as deterrent.

It's barbaric to learn that the person who ought to enforce the is the law one breaking it.

eleko1:
Wish they can transport the goat to China/Indonesia ASAP.Nig is not a safe haven for drug traffickers .Useless man

I tire oo.Small time now,they'll do it in family way.

msmon:
It's barbaric to learn that the person who ought to enforce the is the one breaking it.