A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos presided over by Justice Musa Kurya, has ordered the remand in prisons custody of twenty eight year old Ikem Azikwam, and twenty nine year old Olusola Ojo over alleged involvement in drug dealing.
The duo were drugged before the judge by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agencyn(NDLEA). addressing the court, NDLEA's prosecutor, Orji Kalu, notified the judge that the defendants were arrested with prohibited weed, confirmed to be Cannabis Sativa, popularly called 'marijuana'.
According to the charge designated FHC/L/120C/2014, Ikem was arrested by the agency's operatives, in April 10, 2014, at 26, Olaitan street, Surulere, Lagos, with 400 grams of marijuana, while Olusola was arrested with 500 grams of the same 'weed', in May 21, 2014, at Aluwe street, Badore, Ajah, Lagos.
They however pleaded guilty to the one count charge leveled against them by the NDLEA. This then led the court to adjourned the matter for judgment in the case against Ikem, till November 28, after the fact of the charge had been presented to the presiding by the prosecution's witness and an exhibit keeper with the agency, Nwokoma Terry, while the review of fact of the case against Olusola was adjourned till December 12, 2014.
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