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A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has sentenced a businessman, Obidike Onodyer, to seven years’ imprisonment for importing 485 grams of cocaine.
Justice Ayokunle Faji handed down the sentence following a six-year trial during which Onodyer changed his “not guilty” plea to “guilty.” Onodyer was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on August 5, 2015, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos during an outward clearance of passengers on Royal Air Maroc from Brazil.
The agency through its prosecutor, Mrs Juliana Iraobuchi, filed a charge against Onodyer for unlawful importation of cocaine. The charge was marked FHC/L/40c/15 and dated September 29, 2015.While on bail, Onodyer was said to have lied to the Nigerian Immigration Services to obtain another passport in place of the one confiscated by the court.Onodyer was re-arrested and remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services, Ikoyi, in November, 2018.
At the resumption of his trial, Onodyer procured a medical certificate to apply for bail on medical grounds, but the prosecutor proved to the court that the certificate was forged.
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