Two men jailed 15 years over 3 tonnes of cannabis in Lagos
A Federal High Court in Lagos convicted Gbenga Abiodun and Bashir Mohammed for trafficking 2,986.2 kg of cannabis and sentenced each count to five years, 15 years in total, with a N5 million fine option. Abiodun was caught with 2,760 kg at a Lekki shrine in October 2024; Mohammed was caught with two consignments at the Seme border in September 2024.
🇳🇬 Federal High Court, Lagos; Igunnuko Shrine, Alpha Beach, Lekki and Seme Border, Badagry · Nigeria
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, convicted and
sentenced 51-year-old Gbenga Abiodun and 58-year-old Bashir Mohammed for
trafficking2,986.2 kg of cannabis sativa.[1]Both men had pleaded guilty to
the charges brought by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).[1]
Abiodun was arraigned on one count of dealing in 2,760 kg of cannabis.[1]Prosecutor Juliana Negedu told the court he was arrested with the weed on 25
October 2024 at Igunnuko Shrine, Alpha Beach, Lekki, Lagos.[1][2]NDLEA
spokesman Femi Babafemi said the jumbo bags of Ghanaian Loud were recovered
there that Friday and two suspects were arrested.[2]
Mohammed was arraigned on two counts covering 57.6 kg at Ashipa, Seme Border,
on 19 September 2024 and 168.6 kg at Aketegbo, Seme Border in Badagry West, on
18 September 2024.[1]His counsel said he was a driver arrested where the
drug was found and asked the court for mercy as a first-time offender.[1]
The judge sentenced the men to five years’ imprisonment on each count and
ordered a N5 million fine option in lieu of the jail term.[1]
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Justice Akintayo Aluko jailed businesswoman Jumoke Akinusi for 18 months, or a 500,000 naira fine, after she pleaded guilty to exporting 1.10 kilograms of cannabis to Cape Verde. The NDLEA said she sent the drug through Murtala Muhammed International Airport on 14 August 2026.
An estate agent, Salami Abideen Jide, pleaded guilty on 15 October 2026 at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, to procuring and importing 32.2 kilograms of cannabis sativa from Canada, and was and the judge sentenced him to six years in prison, with the option of a six million naira fine.
Charged 1Prison six years (reported as three years on each of two counts, running concurrently)Fine NGN 6,000,000
A Federal High Court in Lagos sentenced 60-year-old Chinese woman Ting Hong Kiong to two years in prison after she pleaded guilty to importing 31 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa. The judge ordered the term to run from her arrest at Murtala Muhammed International Airport on 17 May 2026, and the court imposed no option of a fine.
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.