Ibadan court jails Sodiq Ramon for life over 57.2kg of cannabis
The Federal High Court in Ibadan sentenced 24-year-old Sodiq Ramon to maximum life imprisonment on 16 March 2021 for unlawful dealing in 57.2kg of cannabis found on him at Soro-Owo, Bodija in August 2020.
The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan sentenced 24-year-old Sodiq Ramon to maximum life imprisonment on 16 March 2021 for unlawfully dealing in narcotics.[1][2]Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek found him guilty of unlawful possession of 57.2 kilograms of cannabis, popularly known as hemp, holding that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.[1][2]
NDLEA counsel Raphael Himinkaiye told the court Ramon was caught on 29 August 2020 at Soro-Owo in the Bodija area of Ibadan with sacks of marijuana weighing 57.2 kilograms, an offence under Section 11(C) of the NDLEA Act.[1][2]The judge said drug trafficking was taking a more worrisome dimension in Nigerian society and that the maximum sentence should warn others, ordered the agency to destroy the seized weed, and dismissed a plea that a second chance would let Ramon contribute positively to society.[1][2]
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