Adesokan Olalekan, 56, has been charged with drug trafficking by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and brought before a Federal High Court in Lagos.
The defendant faces a single count of illegally dealing in cannabis sativa, commonly referred to as hemp, and is currently on trial before Justice Ayokunle Faji.
He entered a guilty plea to the revised accusation.
Following his plea, Mr. Peter Ereche, an NDLEA agent, testified for the prosecutor, Mr. Aondofa Korinjo, who went over the case’s facts.
The witness told the court how a group of NDLEA agents brought the defendant in while hiding packaged cannabis sativa in a black nylon bag.
He informed the judge that once samples were extracted from the drug, an analysis revealed that it contained cannabis sativa.
The prosecutor then used the witness to present some evidence, including the drug analysis report, a request for scientific assistance form, and the certificate of test analysis.
The bulk of the material, the substance package form, the defendant’s confessional statement dated September 28, and the remaining material that was analyzed were among the additional pieces of evidence that were presented.
Mrs. Vivian Ekwegh, the defense attorney, raised no objections to the evidence being presented.
As a result, the court acknowledged them and noted them as exhibits.
Considering the defendant’s plea and the facts presented to the court, the prosecution then urged the court to convict him appropriately.
As a result, Justice Faji found the defendant guilty of the charges.
Defense attorney Ekwegh pleaded with the court to give the convicted person pity in order to temper justice.
According to her, the convicted individual was a first-time offender who promptly entered a guilty plea to the charge, saving the court’s time.
She claimed that the 56-year-old defendant had five dependent children and that the convicted felon was now regretting his actions after realizing his mistake.
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The court postponed sentencing until November 18 after hearing the allocutus.
The offender was remanded to the detention facility for sentencing, the court ordered.
The accusation states that the act was committed on September 28 at the Ajara axis of Badagry, Lagos State.
He allegedly dealt in 120g of cannabis without the required legal license.
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