A Federal High Court in
Lagos on Wednesday sentenced one Umeh Henry to two years imprisonment for being
in unlawful possession of cocaine.
Shortly before the
pronouncement, the convict, while pleading with the court to temper justice
with mercy, said he was a professional footballer based in Brazil.
The National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency had, last week Thursday, brought Henry before Justice
Mohammed Idris on the allegation that he was found in unlawful possession of 15
grammes of cocaine. The prosecutor, Mr. Vembe Emmanuel, had told the court that
he was arrested by NDLEA operatives on October 6 last year.
He was said to have
been apprehended during the inward clearance of the Emirate Airlines from
Brazil via Dubai at the E-arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International
Airport, Lagos.
The agency charged him
with one count bordering on the offence against the provisions of Section 11(c)
of the NDLEA Act, Cap N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
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