Man claiming to be 114 arrested with 6.5 tonnes of cannabis in Ogun
NDLEA officers arrested Sulaiman Adebayo at his home in Odeda, Ogun State, in March 2009 after finding 6.5 tonnes of cannabis behind his house; the farmer, who claimed to be 114 years old, said he thought the sacks held rice.
NDLEA officers arrested Sulaiman Adebayo at his home in Odeda, Ogun State, after finding tonnes of cannabis stored behind his house.[1][2]Reuters reported on 1 April 2009 that the agency had confiscated6.5 tonnes in 254 sacks the previous day, quoting NDLEA chairman Ahmadu Giade as saying the quantity pointed to large-scale involvement going beyond the old man.[1]
Adebayo, a lifelong farmer, told police he thought the sacks held rice.[1]An AFP report described the same arrest after a tip-off, putting the haul at 100 bags, and named the Ogun commander as Chinyere Obijuru.[2]Adebayo claimed he was 114, saying he had attended the inauguration of a hall in Abeokuta as a small boy in 1895; Reuters noted there was no independent confirmation of his age.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
AFP described the haul as 100 bags while Reuters reported 254 sacks; both put the weight at 6.5 tonnes, used here.
Nigerian press reported the arrest on 21 March while the wires dated the seizure announcement to 31 March and 1 April, so the case may have unfolded over days; this report uses 31 March.
There was no independent confirmation of Adebayo's claimed age of 114.
No charges, trial or sentence following the arrest were reported.
No verifiable photo of the seizure could be recovered.
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