Court jails widow for trafficking in cocaine

Justice Musa Kakaki of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced a widow, Ezewuike Henrietta, to 2 years imprisonment for unlawful dealing successful 1.3 kilograms of cocaine.

The justice convicted and sentenced the 50 years aged widow, aft she pleaded blameworthy to a count-charge leveled against her by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

The convicted widow, according to the NDLEA operatives was arrested with the prohibited substance connected August 21, 2025, astatine her residence situated astatine 25, Mozibawo Street, Ago Palace Way, Lagos State.

The operatives had said that the convicted widow, during investigation, said that she inherited the cause concern from her precocious husband, who died immoderate years ago.

The prosecutor, had told the tribunal that the amerciable enactment of the widow, contravened conception 19 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap N30 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.

Following her blameworthy plea to the charge, the authoritative reviewed the facts of case, arsenic good tendered immoderate exhibits, which see bulk of the seized drug, accepted statements, results of forensic trial and others.

It, thereafter, urged the tribunal to convict and condemnation her based connected her plea, exhibits tendered and successful accordance with the conception of the NDLEA Act she was charged with.

But the convict’s counsel, successful his allucutor, aft citing plethoras of ineligible authorites, told the tribunal that the convict is simply a widow, with children to cater for, and pleaded with the tribunal to tamper justness with mercy successful sentencing his client.

The lawyer besides urged the tribunal to see a good enactment successful lieu of custodian sentence.
Justice Kakaki successful his judgment, sentenced the widow to 2 years imprisonment, portion besides ordering her to wage N6 cardinal arsenic an enactment of fine.

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