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Speaker 1: Separate law courts in Nigeria have convicted and sentenced married

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couple Arjur Johnson Uchenna and his wife Rosemary Uchenna to

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seventeen and five years imprisonment following their involvement in illicit

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drugs activities, and a forty two year old Indian lady

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Nitu Nitu convicted and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment with

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an option of fine to reduce the jail term to

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five years in accordance with some of the charges that

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earned her ten years out of the fifteen years total

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jail term awarded against her for bringing into Nigeria illicit

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drugs from Thailand, while a forty two year old Angolan

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businessman Imbaladaju Abuba was convicted and sentenced to five years

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imprisonment for making an attempt to ship hard drugs to Istanbul, Turkey.

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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ndl EA, in a new

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statement on Tuesday, said the agency also secured the final

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forfeiture of multi billion naira Lagos hotel and cars used

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for illicit drug deay tribution. Details of the report reads

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verbatim below. A businessman arjer Johnson Uchenner and his wife

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Rosemary Uchenna were on Monday, the fourth of August twenty

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twenty five, sentence to a total of twenty two and

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a half year’s imprisonment by Justice Dan Dipaolu of the

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Federal High Court eight in Lagos for dealing in illicit drugs.

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The couple was first arrested on Friday, the thirteenth of

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June by operatives of the Department of State Security DSS

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in a Joe area of the state and transferred to

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ndl EA along with two hundred and seventy seven point

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five kilograms skunk, a strain of cannabis. While they were

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still being investigated in custody, credible intelligence revealed that the

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family business was going on in their house. This led

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to a raid of their home and a packing store,

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where two hundred and thirty one kilograms of same substance

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was recovered by ndl EA operatives on Tuesday, the first

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of July. They were so subsequently arraigned in charge number

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FHC L six hundred thirty two c twenty twenty five

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at the Federal High Court Legos on a four count

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charge bordering on conspiracy dealing in storage of four hundred

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and fourteen point two kilograms of cannabis sativa. Delivering his

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judgment on the case on Monday the fourth of August,

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Justice de Peoulu convicted Missus Rosemary Uchenna on counts one,

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two and three and sentenced her to seventeen years in

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prison without an auction of fine, while her husband, Johnson

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Arjo Uchenna was convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment

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without auction of fine on count one and six months

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in jail on count four with an auction of one

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million niras fine. In addition to the jail terms, the

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trial judge also ordered the sum of three million, four

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hundred and seven thousand Nira three niras four hundred and

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seven thousand point zero only recovered from the couple as

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proceeds of crime be forfeited to same federal government. Similarly,

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a Federal High Court in Karno, presided by Justice Simon A. Mobeda,

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has convicted and sentenced to forty two year old Indian

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lady Nitu Nitu to five years imprisonment for importing seventy

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two parcels of heroin factory sealed in wayfer wraps and

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packaged as chocolates weighing eleven kilograms into Nigeria through the

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malan Aminu Carno International Airport, Makia, Karno. The class of

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drug consignment was recovered from Nitou’s luggage after a thorough

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search following process credible intelligence during an inward clearance of

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Qatar Airways flight QR one four three one from Bangkok,

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Thailand via Vietnam and Dohar at the arrival hall of

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the Carno Airport on Friday the fourteenth of March twenty

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twenty five. She was subsequently arraigned in charge number fhc

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per Kilineuton c R sixty five, two thousand and twenty

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fifths before Justice her Mobeda, who eventually sentenced her to

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tenure on two counts with an option of two million

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nairas fine. In like manner, a forty two year old

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Angolan businessman Imbaladaju Abuba was convicted and sentenced to five

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years in prison by Justice Mohammad Yunusa of a Federal

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High Court in Karno following his arrest and arraignment by

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ndl EA for ingesting one hundred and twenty pellets of

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cocaine weighing one point eight two nine kilograms. Abuba, who

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is from the Zayre Province in Angola, was arrested on Tuesday,

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the twenty fifth of February twenty twenty five at the

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screening point of the Krno Airport while trying to board

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egypt Air flight m S eight one hundred and eighty

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to Istanbul, Turkey via Cairo. Equally, a Federal High Court

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in Enugu has convicted another drug trafficker as Christian A.

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Kenna on two counts of unlawful trafficking and possession of

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eleven point two zero kilograms of cocaine brought against him

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by the NDL EA in charge number FHC s z

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CS nine two thousand and twenty thirds. He was arrested

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on January twentieth, twenty twenty three by NDLA operatives at

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the Okanu Ibium International Airport, Enugu upon arrival from Brazil

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via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with eleven point two zero kilograms

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of cocaine concealed in herbal t sachets. He was subsequently

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arraigned before Justice M. G Umar of the Federal High Court, Enugu,

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who eventually sentenced him to three years imprisonment on each

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count totaling six years, while the sentence will run concurrently

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effective from May twentieth, twenty twenty three. In yet another

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high impact breakthrough in its ongoing war against illicit drug

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trafficking across Nigeria, the NDLA has secured the final forfeiture

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of a multi billion naira eighty room hotel and lounge

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in Victoria Island, Lagos, linked to an illicit drug trafficking cartel,

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along with other assets. The eighty room hotel in Victoria Island, Legos,

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used as cover for distributing illicit substances, was raided between

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Friday twenty fifth and Saturday, the twenty sixth of April

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twenty twenty five by NDL EA operatives who after hours

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of combing the rooms, recovered five hundred and eighty nine

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bags of Canadian laud, a strong strain of cannabis with

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a total weight of four hundred and seventeen point three

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kilograms worth one million, forty two million, five hundred thousand

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narer one billion, forty two million, five hundred thousand narers

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only in street value forfeited along with the landed properties

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situated at number sixteen Waziri Ibrahem Street off els Femipiis Road,

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Victoria Island. Lagos include Toyota Siena vehicle marked KJA seventy

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nine h J, Volkswagen Delivery Van numbered triple A five

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hundred and twenty five Shire Kiir Sarantocar with plate number

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b d G eight hundred and sixty GQ black color,

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Land Cruiser Prado with played number a k D four

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hundred and seventy two d Z red color, Grand Caravan

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Dodge with played number APP eight hundred and forty seven

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YF white color, Masdabus marked kt U two hundred and

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forty one, triple A Mercedes Benz truck with registration number

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A s B five hundred x Y gold color, Toyota

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Corolla car with registration number e k Y two hundred

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and ninety five j t ash color, CNA Mini Bus,

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eighty four television sets, seventy n new conditioners, and thirteen

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new fridges. The final forfeiture orders were issued on Friday

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the eighteenth of July twenty twenty five by Justice Ibraheim

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Armored KLA, following the motion number f HC L MIST

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four hundred and forty seven two thousand and twenty fifths

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filed by nd l e A reacting to the conviction

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and forfeiture court judgments. MMEN, Chief Executive Officer of ndl EA,

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Brigadier General Mohammad Babamahwa Retired, commended the various commands of

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the agency, their offices and men that handled the various cases,

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as well as the judiciary for delivering prompt judgments to

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strengthen the deterrent effect of NDLA efforts. Nothing serves the

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cause of justice more than when the criminal elements are

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given long jail terms and made to forfeit all they

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have acquired through the proceeds of their illicit drug trade

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and were happy with this kind of judicial pronouncements which

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will not only encourage our men to do more, but

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will have long lasting impact on our drug control efforts.

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MAWA stated has presented and made available by Femi Babafemi,

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Director Media and Advocacy ndl EA on Tuesday the fifth

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of August twenty twenty five. Lady Guindi Uinni in Emogi

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