A 33 year-old dispatch rider, Yahaya Nuru, has been convicted and sentenced to a total of 7 years imprisonment, by a Federal High Court, Lagos, over unlawful distribution of large quantities tramadol, a prohibited analgesic drugs.
Justice Musa Kakaki who presided over the four counts charge filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), convicted and sentenced the dispatch rider, after he pleaded guilty to the charges this week.
The operatives of NDLEA have brought the convicted dispatch rider before the court in a charge marked FHC/L/1118c/2025.
At the arraignment of the convict on Monday, the prosecutor, Barrister Peter Ekuri, informed the court that the convicted dispatch rider alongside others now at large, committed the alleged offences on November 2025, at 6, Ashogbon Street, Lagos Island.
The prosecutor specifically informed the court that the convicted man, conspired with the dou of one Abdulrazak and Chukwu Emmanuel Emeka, to commit the illegal acts.
He further told the court that the convict was arrested 4.12 Kilograms of Tramadol Hydrochloride, 40 milliliters of Tramadol Hydrochloride Injection, 1 litre of Diazepam Injection and 1.04 litres of Tramadol Hydrochloride Injection, which he intended to dispatch to respective owners.
He told the court that the illegal acts of the convict contravened sections 20 (1)(a) and 11 (c) but punishable under Section 20 (2)(a) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act Cap N30 Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004.
The convict had pleaded guilty to the offences when the charges were read to him.
–Source Newsdishng.