2.1 tons cocaine seizure: 4 drug lords get 28yrs in jail, forfeit VGC houses, N67m, $50,000.
A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced 4 drug lords to prison after the NDLEA seized 2,139.55 kg of cocaine from a residential estate in Ikorodu in 2022.
The convicted individuals are 71-year-old Soji Jubril Oke, 55-year-old Wasiu Akinade, 67-year-old Emmanuel Arinze Chukwu, & 44-year-old Jamaican, Kelvin Christopher Smith.
NDLEA operatives arrested the suspects at various locations across Lagos & charged them with 6 offences under case number FHC/L/607C/2022 in 2022.
According to NDLEA spokesperson Justice Yellim Bogoro delivered the sentencing in a statement released on December 26.
The statement said, “The trial judge handed the Jamaican, Kelvin Christopher Smith, 4 years imprisonment with hard labour; Emmanuel Arinze Chukwu received a total of 16 years; Soji Jubril Oke was sentenced to 5 years with hard labour & Wasiu Akinade got 3 years with hard labour
The trial judge however, gave the convicts varying options of fines, except for one who must serve the full jail term without an option of fine
