Kano court jails Jonathan Nuhu for 15 years over 116 bags of cannabis
On 17 March 2026 Justice M.N. Yunusa of the Federal High Court in Kano sentenced Jonathan Nuhu, 45, of Kanke in Plateau State, to 15 years for unlawful possession of cannabis. NDLEA had arrested him on 20 July 2023 near Wudil Bridge with 116 bags; he was already on bail from a 2021 Jigawa sentence for a similar offence.
🇳🇬 Kano (Federal High Court No. 2; arrest near Wudil Bridge) · Nigeria
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On 17 March 2026 Justice M.N. Yunusa of Federal High Court No. 2 in Kano sentenced Jonathan Nuhu,
45, a native of Kanke Village in Plateau State, to 15 years in prison for unlawful possession of
cannabis sativa.[1][2] The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s Kano Strategic Command said the
term runs from the date of judgment.[1][2]
NDLEA operatives had arrested Nuhu on 20 July 2023 near Wudil Bridge in Wudil Local Government Area
of Kano State and recovered 116 bags of cannabis from him.[1][2] After about three years of
investigation and prosecution the court found him guilty.[1][2]
The agency said he was a repeat offender: a Federal High Court in Jigawa State had already sentenced
him to 15 years on 22 June 2021 for a similar offence, and he was on bail pending appeal in that case
when he was arrested again in Kano.[1][2] NDLEA said further inquiries linked him to a wider network
moving cannabis across northern Nigeria.[1][2]
Sources
- Kano court jails drug convict 15 years. Punch, 19 March 2026. Archived copy.
- NDLEA secures 15-year sentence for 45-year-old drug dealer. Nigerian Tribune, 18 March 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- No weight was published for the 116 bags of cannabis.
- Coverage used agency logos or file court images; no photograph of this arrest or judgment was found with a recoverable media address.
- The earlier Jigawa conviction is background to this sentence and is not written up here as a separate report.
