Two (2 ) drug dealers plead guilty, get prison terms
By Jude-Ken Ojinnaka
Two drug dealers, a 29 years old Adeola Adetutu (female), and a 54 years old Godwin Johnson, were convicted and sentenced to one and half years and two years imprisonment respectively, by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for hawking Skushies and hard drugs.
Justice Nicholas Oweibo convicted and sentenced the two convicts after both of them pleaded guilty to the separate charges preferred against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Whereas the woman, Adeola Adetutu was charged on one count of unlawful dealing in 3 Litres of Skushies (an alcoholic drink laced with Diazepam, a psychotropic substance similar to Cocaine and heroin), the man Godwin Johnson was arraigned on a two-count charge of hawking and unlawful dealing in heroin and Methamphetamine,
After the defendants pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against them, the
prosecutor, M. J. Mamza, while reviewing the facts of the case, told the court that the woman was arrested with the hard drug laced-drink, on June 7, 2023 at 2, Shemoye Street, Adura Bus Stop Alagbado Area, Lagos State.
Similarly, the convicted man was arrested with the prohibited substances, on May 23, 2023, at 123, Railway by Fashina Olateju Street Mushin, Lagos State.
The prosecutor told the court that the offences committed by the two convicts, contravened Sections 11 (c) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act Cap N30 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
Following the convicts plea of guilty, the prosecutor urged the court to sentence them according to the sections of the NDLEA Acts which they were charged with.
In his allocutus, counsel to the convicts, Prosper Oke Ojakovo pleaded with the court to tamper justice with mercy in sentencing his clients.
Ojakovo, in particular told the court that his clients are first time convicts who did not have previous record of conviction. He added that they are remorseful and have promised not to engage in crime if given second chance.
In his judgement, Justice Oweibo after listening to the submission of the prosecutor and the convicts’ counsel, sentenced both convicts to two years imprisonment each.
The judge however gave an option of fine and ordered the convicted woman to pay the sum of N150, 000, and the man to pay the sum of N500, 000, in lieu of the jail-term.