Clearing Agent Arraigned For Drug Importation

<h4>&NewLine;Clearing Agent Arraigned For Drug Importation<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of Nigeria NDLEA has arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos a Clearing Agent&comma; Falowo Samuel Kayode and two of his accomplices&comma; Anjoring Idowu and Iguda Uzairu&comma; alleged to have imported into Nigeria 56&period;39Kilogramms of Heroin and 192&period;7Kilogramms of Cannabis Indica&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to five count charge number FHC&sol;L&sol;175C&sol;2024 filed before the court by the combine team of NDLEA prosecutors&comma;Umaru Hussain and Aondover Guguwa Yuanyam it was allegedly stated that &colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>FALOWO SAMUEL KAYODE&comma; Adult&comma; male&comma; Nigerian citizen&comma; ANJORIN IDOWU&comma; Adult&comma; male&comma; Nigerian citizen&comma; IGUDA UZAIRU AHMED&comma; Adult&comma;male&comma; Nigerian citizen and ADEBAYO ADEWALE &lpar;at large&rpar;&comma; ODEYEMI TAIWO EMMANUEL &lpar;at large&rpar;&comma; AKINYEMI OLAYINKA JOSEPH &lpar;at large&rpar; and MOHAMMED MUKTARI SULE a&period;k&period;a ORGANIZER&comma; on or about 13th day of January 2024&comma;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">at Container Terminal&comma; Tincan Port Complex&comma; Lagos&comma; Lagos State&comma;<&sol;a> within the jurisdiction of the Court&comma; without lawful authority&comma;conspired together to import 192&period;7 kilograms of Cannabis indica&comma; &lpar;a Canadian Loud&rpar;&comma;a substance similar to COCAINE&comma; HEROIN and LSD&comma; and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 14&lpar;b&rpar; of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act&comma; Cap N30 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria&comma; 2004 &lpar;as amended&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The defendants FALOWO SAMUEL KAYODE&comma; Adult&comma; male&comma; Nigerian citizen&comma; you ANJORIN IDOWU&comma; Adult&comma; male&comma; Nigerian citizen and you IGUDA UZAIRU AHMED&comma; Adult&comma;male&comma; Nigerian citizen and their accomplices ADEBAYO ADEWALE &lpar;at large&rpar;&comma; ODEYEMI TAIWO EMMANUEL &lpar;at large&rpar;&comma; AKINYEMI OLAYINKA JOSEPH &lpar;at large&rpar; and MOHAMMED MUKTARI SULE a&period;k&period;a ORGANIZER&comma; same time and place without lawful authority&comma;were alleged to have imported 192&period;7kilograms of Cannabis indica&comma; &lpar;a Canadian Loud&rpar;&comma; a substance similar to COCAINE&comma;HEROIN and LSD&comma;concealed in a Container number MSCU 4581770&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The defendants and their alleged accomplices now at large same time and place were also alleged to have conspired together to import 56&period;39 kilograms of Heroin and 987&period;9 kilograms of Cannabis indica&comma; &lpar;a Canadian Loud&rpar;&comma; substances similar to COCAINE&comma;and LSD&comma; concealed in containers with the following numbers&colon; MSCU 4581770 and TRHU 7968071 without lawful authority&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In count five of the charge&comma; FALOWO SAMUEL KAYODE&comma; was alleged that without lawful authority&comma; possessed 56&period;39 kilograms of Heroin and 987&period;9 kilograms of Cannabis Containers with the following numbers&colon; MSCU 4581770 and TRHU 7968071&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Consequently&comma; the presiding Judge Dipeolu Denide Isaac while ordering that the defendants should be remanded in the facility of the correctional services&comma; adjourned till 14th May&comma;2024 for the hearing of their bail application and fixed 24th of May&comma;2024 for the commencement of their trial&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;