Alhaji Umar Mohammed, an acting district head from Sokoto State has been sentenced to five and half years imprisonment for allegedly dealing and being in possession of 436.38kgs cannabis and 7kgs psychotropic drugs.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) brought the charge against the monarch in October 2022, Solacebase reports.
Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
‘’The presiding Judge, Justice Ahmad Mahmud sentenced the convict to two years on each of counts 1 and 2 with an option of a million fine, and eight months on each of counts 3 and 4 without an option of fine,” he said.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives in Edo state on October 11 stormed the Orue forest, Owan West LGA where they arrested Happy Akashili, 37, and Solomon Uwesue, 40 in a hut located inside a cannabis farm measuring 2.367308 hectares which was destroyed, with 92kgs already processed skunk recovered, while 49kgs of same substance were also seized at Ogbeturu camp.
