By Francis IWUCHUKWU
Justice Tijani Ringim of a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced a drug Courier, Ezenyenchy Kingsley Ebuka to three years imprisonment for illegally dealing in 250 grams of heroin.
Ezenyenchy Kingsley Ebuka who inserted 250 grams of heroine in his anus while on Turkish Airline flight From Pakistan enroute Istanbul to Nigeria was convicted and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment last Thursday.
In the charge slammed against the convicted/jailed 34-year-old Ebuka alongside one Aku who lives in Pakistan and who Ebuka claimed normally help him to ship his goods from Pakistan to Nigeria were alleged to have on or about the 14th day of June 2021 conspired to import 250 grams of heroin from Pakistan to Nigeria which he (Ebuka) inserted in his anus and excreted same in one excretion.
According to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, the offence committed is contrary to and punishable under Section 14 (b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap N 30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
The charge against the defendant reads: “That you Ezenyenche Kingsley Ebuka, Male, 34 years old, a citizen of Nigeria and one Aku, Male, Adult, who lives in Pakistan, a man who normally help you ship your goods from Pakistan down to Nigeria (now at large) on or about the 14th day of June 2021 during the inward clearance of Turkish Airways from Pakistan through Istanbul at the “D“ arrival Hall of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court and without lawful authority imported 250 grams of Heroin from Pakistan to Nigeria, which you inserted in your anus and excreted same, thereby committed an offence contrary to and Punishable under section 11 (a) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act Cap N, 30 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.“
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