Seventeen people caught up in drug cases just got hit with 84 years of prison time combined by courts in Edo State, but they can dodge jail if they cough up 27.25 billion naira total. Mitchell Ofoyeju from the NDLEA said three women and 14 men got sentenced for messing around with everything from weed to meth to tramadol.
The whole batch got convicted through two different judges who handed down sentences that ran at the same time instead of back-to-back. Four people got stuck with 15 years each and collectively face 12.75 billion in fines if they want to skip lockup.
Ofoyeju says the agency is going to keep cracking down on drug dealers and users while making sure everyone who gets caught faces serious consequences. All these convictions happened within the same month, and the charges covered possession, dealing, and growing various illegal substances.
The whole batch got convicted through two different judges who handed down sentences that ran at the same time instead of back-to-back. Four people got stuck with 15 years each and collectively face 12.75 billion in fines if they want to skip lockup.
Ofoyeju says the agency is going to keep cracking down on drug dealers and users while making sure everyone who gets caught faces serious consequences. All these convictions happened within the same month, and the charges covered possession, dealing, and growing various illegal substances.
