2 foreigners in Court, remand for trafficking cocaine into Nigeria

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

Two Beninoises have been remanded in prison by a Federal High Court in Lagos for an allegedly trafficking of illicit drug -cocaine into Nigeria.

The accused persons: Sunday Oluwafemi and Kouboura Salou, who were arraigned by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Monday before Justice Nicholas Oweibo.

On the strength of the two counts of charges of conspiracy and unlawful possession of 2.5 kilograms of Cocaine, they were to remain behind bars till December 2, 2020, when their bail application will be heard and determined.

The defendant’s with their Nigerian accomplices, who are now at large, smuggled the said drug into Nigeria through Owode-Apa village, Badagry, Lagos, on September 2 and 14, 2020.

The Nigerian accomplices are: Adebayo Afolabi and Idowu Austin according to the prosecution, the offences are punishable under section 14(b) and 19 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
Act Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges, under which the prosecutor, Aliyu Abubakar, asked the court for a trial date, also sought that the defendants be remanded till the conclusion of the charges against them.