Prison warder bags 10yrs jail for selling indian hemp to inmates


A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced a prison warder, Frank Obi, to 10 years imprisonment without any option of fine for selling indian hemp to inmates of the kirikiri Maximum Prisons in Lagos. Obi, 31, confessed committing the crime, and was jailed by Justice Ibrahim Buba, who regarded him as a disgrace to lawful authorities in Nigeria. “Following the guilty plea entered by the accused, he is hereby convicted as charged, and accordingly, sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, without option of fine,” Justice Buba ruled.

The judge said that It was indeed very shameful, that a prison official who knows the values of the prison system, and ought to be a custodian of the law, is now the perpetrator of crime. He added that the sentence shall take effect from May 6, 2013 `when the convict was arrested, while the convict is to be jailed at the Ikoyi Prisons. The convict was arraigned on October 9, 2013 on a one-count charge of illicit drug deal by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) . He had pleaded guilty, while the judge had adjourned the case for a review of the facts and sentencing. NDLEA’s lawyer, Kalu Orji, had during the review of facts of the case, told the court that the convict committed the offence on May 6, at the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons.
He said that the convict, who worked as a warder, met his waterloo, when the prison authorities apprehended him for sneaking in about 3.8 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa also known as Indian hemp to some inmates. Orji told the court that the convict concealed the narcotic in an Indomie carton, to avoid suspicion. According to the prosecutor, further investigations revealed that the convict had been in the business of collecting money from inmates, in exchange for the narcotic. He said that after the close of investigations, the convict was then handed over to NDLEA for prosecution.
The offence is said to contravene the provisions of Sections 11 (c) of the NDLEA Act, Cap N30, Laws of the Federation, 2004.




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