Female drug baron, Chioma, 5 others bag 141 years imprisonment in Edo

A Federal High Court sitting in Benin has sentenced a notorious 25 year old drug baron, Chioma Okocha to 15 years imprisonment.

She was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on 24th September, 2021 in Benin, and was arraigned at the Federal High Court, Benin, presided by Justice AC Obiozor.

Also, in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State, a Federal High Court has convicted Ndubuisi John, Haruna Aliyu, Saddam Abdullahi, Bashir Usman and Usman Ibrahim totalling 141 years for trafficking in cocaine and cannabis sativa.

In a statement by the Director of Media and Advocacy of NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi said Chioma Okocha pleaded guilty to a one-count charge when her case came up in court on Monday15th November.

The Court however offer her an option of N2 million payment or languish in correctional center for 15 years with effect from the day of her arrest.

She was arrested while trying to deliver 200 grams of crack cocaine to a customer at an eatery in Benin city.

Meanwhile, Ndubuisi John; Haruna Aliyu; Saddam Abdullahi; Bashir Usman, and Usman Ibrahim were imprisoned by a Federal High Court in Abeokuta presided over by Justice Ogunremi Omowunmi Oguntoyinbo in suit no. FHC/AB/105c/2021.

The convicts were arrested on 14th of September 2021 along Lagos -Ibadan expressway conveying 46 bags of Cannabis Sativa weighing 552 kilograms in a truck and subsequently charged on three counts of transportation, possession and dealing in the illicit drug.

In her judgment delivered on 9th November, Justice Oguntoyinbo sentenced the 1st, 2nd and 3rd accused persons to 30 years imprisonment each while the driver of the truck bagged 21 years and the motor boy/driver’s assistant 15 years in jail.