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For allegedly being involved in a conspiracy, unlawful importation and possession of 1,440.90 kilograms of Tramadol, an Assistant General Manager, AGM, of Skyway Handling Company, SAHCO, Olajide Ahmed Kafidipe, alongside seven staff members of the firm were on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, arraigned before Justice Deinde Isaac Dipeolu of a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos.
They were dragged before the court by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
Arraigned alongside the AGM are Sanyaolu Rasheed Oladele, Musa Mutalib Opeyemi, Sanamo Alla Daniel, Anuge Evans Isibor, Mahmud Agboola Musa, Udeh Felix and Obinna Henry.
In arraigning the Defendants, the counsel for the NDLEA, Abu Ibrahim hinted to the court that the Defendants conspired with the trio of Mubarak Sarki Salami, Abdullahi Aliyu (a.k.a. Aboki) and Anwal Monday, who were also a staff of the company but now at large, to commit the offence on or about October 25, 2023.
The prosecutor further told Justice Dipeolu that the AGM alongside others, conspired among themselves to transport 1,440.90 kilograms of Tramadol 225 mg, a Narcotic, from SAHCO Import Shed.
While insisting that the SAHCO AGM conspired with Sanyaolu Rasheed Oladele, and procured one Lawal Itunu Temitope to transport the prohibited substance from SAHCO Import Shed in a Mercedes-Benz Bus with Registration Number LAGOS MUS 269 YC belonging to Platinum Pacific International Limited, the prosecutor notified the judge that Oladele, unlawfully possessed the said 1,440.90 kilograms of Tramadol 225 mg, a Narcotic Analgesic.
The offence, according to the prosecutor, contravened Sections 14 (b), 21 (2)(d) and 20 (1)(c) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Cap. N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and punishable under Sections 11 (b) and 20 (2)(b) of the same Act.
However, the Defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Due to their plea position, the prosecutor urged the court to remand the Defendants in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services, NCoS, until the hearing and determination of the charge against them.
But, the lawyers for the Defendants notified Justice Dipeolu that they had filed their clients’ bail application except that of the AGM, and Obinna Henry.
The lawyers therefore asked the court for a short date, to enable them to file the bail applications for the duo.
As a result, the prosecutor urged the court to remand the Defendants in the NCoS’ custody until when the court would hear their bail applications.
But the trial judge, in his reasoning, ordered the operatives of the NDLEA to call their Airport Commander to allow the Defendants to be remanded in their custody until tomorrow when their bail applications would be heard and determined.
The matter has been adjourned until January 24, 2024, for the commencement of their trial.
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