11 Drug Kingpins Bag 254 Years in Prison as NDLEA Secures 974 Convictions in 3 Months
Marwa commends judiciary, NDLEA officers; says swift justice the most potent deterrent to drug syndicates No fewer than 974 offenders have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms incl…
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- Marwa commends judiciary, NDLEA officers; says swift justice the most potent deterrent to drug syndicates No fewer than 974 offenders have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms incl…
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- No fewer than 974 offenders have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms including 11 drug kingpins who bagged 254 years imprisonment in the first quarter of 2026 as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) ramped up the arrest, prosecution…
- In her judgment delivered on 26th February 2026, Justice Maha convicted and sentenced Animashaun to 25 calendar years for drug trafficking
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Marwa commends judiciary, NDLEA officers; says swift justice the most potent deterrent to drug syndicates No fewer than 974 offenders have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms incl…
No fewer than 974 offenders have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms including 11 drug kingpins who bagged 254 years imprisonment in the first quarter of 2026 as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) ramped up the arrest, prosecution and forfeiture of t…
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- Marwa commends judiciary, NDLEA officers; says swift justice the most potent deterrent to drug syndicates No fewer than 974 offenders have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms incl…
- 11 Drug Kingpins Bag 254 Years in Prison as NDLEA Secures 974 Convictions in 3 Months
- Marwa commends judiciary, NDLEA officers; says swift justice the most potent deterrent to drug syndicates No fewer than 974 offenders have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms including 11 drug kingpins who bagged 254 years imprisonment in the f…
- Of the 974 drug traffickers convicted between January and March, 899 of them are male and 75 females, while a further breakdown of the conviction figure shows that 265 were secured in January, 316 in February and 393 in March
- Top on the list of the 11 drug kingpins who were successfully prosecuted and convicted within the period include a notorious Italy-based 42-year-old businessman, Adegbite Solomon (a.k.a Obama) who was arraigned on 15-count charge before Justice Musa Kakaki of…
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- No fewer than 974 offenders have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms including 11 drug kingpins who bagged 254 years imprisonment in the first quarter of 2026 as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) ramped up the arrest, prosecution…
- In her judgment delivered on 26th February 2026, Justice Maha convicted and sentenced Animashaun to 25 calendar years for drug trafficking
- The convict was first convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment for a similar offence on 15th July 2022 by Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court following his arrest by NDLEA along Lagos/Ibadan expressway on 27th March 2022
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