A man, Ayobiojo Hammed, has been arrested for allegedly
peddling marijuana at the Lagos Command of the National Drug Laws
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
He was subsequently remanded by a Federal High Court in Lagos on
Wednesday remanded.
Justice Sule Hassan kept Hammed, of 7, Moshalashi Street, Empire,
Surulere, Lagos, in prison custody, following his plea of guilty to a
one-count charge of unlawfully distributing 630 grammes of the
narcotic drug.
He adjourned till October 11 for review of the facts of the case and sentencing.
Earlier, NDLEA prosecutor Fingere Dinneys alleged that Hammed was
arrested on March 26, 2019, while distributing 630 grammes of the
substance to some construction workers on the NDLEA’s premises, No. 4,
Shaw Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
The court heard that the defendant’s offence infringed Section
20(1)(a) of the NDLEA Act, 2004 and was punishable under Section
20(2)(a) of the same Act.
Following Hammed’s plea, his counsel, C. W. Ezeonyeziaku, who stood in
for Mrs. Susan Agu, did not oppose the prosecution’s remand
application.
The charge against the defendant marked FHC/L/198c/19, reads: “That
you Ayobiojo Hammed, Male, Adult, of 7, Moshalashi Street, Empire
Surulere, Lagos on or about 26th March, 2019, at 4, Shaw Road, Ikoyi,
Lagos without lawful authority distributed 630 grammes of Cannabis
Sativa otherwise known as Marijuana, a narcotic drug similar to
Cocaine, LSD and Heroin and thereby committed an offence contrary to
Section 20(1)(a) and punishable under Section 20(2)(a) of the NDLEA
Act 2004”.
