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Spain-Bound Nigerian Sentenced to Four Years for Cocaine Trafficking at Lagos Airport
A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a Spain-bound Nigerian, Francis Akajiobi, to four years imprisonment for attempting to traffic 1.20 kilograms of cocaine.
Akajiobi, who was apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, pleaded guilty to the charge of drug trafficking.
He was arrested on July 25, 2024, while trying to board a Royal Air Maroc flight to Valencia, Spain, with cocaine concealed in footwear.
The NDLEA prosecutor, Abu Ibrahim, informed the court that Akajiobi’s actions contravened Section 11(b) of the NDLEA Act.
After reviewing the evidence and confirming the absence of prior criminal records, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa convicted Akajiobi. The judge, however, offered an alternative of a N2 million fine in lieu of the prison term.
Akajiobi’s defence counsel, Benson Ndakara, pleaded for leniency, citing his client’s first-time offender status and cooperation with the court.
Nigerian pastor and overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, addresses and reacts to the current happenings of the country regarding the kidnapping and the abductions.
The pastor urges the government on steps they can take to solve and help the people of the country. “The Nigerian government has a clear and urgent duty to protect these Middle Belt communities, who have carried the weight of violence for far too long.”
“Rather than play the ostrich and cover up clear terrorism as mere farmer-herder clashes, the Nigerian state has a responsibility to invade the camps of armed marauders who hide under the cloak of herdsmen of whatever ethnicity, and who invade defenceless communities and gleefully massacre unarmed men, women and children.”
US President Donald Trump criticizes the Nigeria government once again after the increase of insecurity over the past few days. The president stated that the government is failing to protect Christian communities from the attacks going on.
“Nigeria is a disgrace. The whole thing is a disgrace,” Trump said. “They’re killing people by the thousands. It’s a genocide, and I’m really angry about it. And we pay, you know, we give a lot of subsidies to Nigeria. We’re going to end up stopping.”
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar speaks out against the rising insecurity in the country. He urged the government to take action and claimed that it is not too late to declare a state of emergency.
He reacted after another news of abduction of students was announced on the 21st of November.
“How many more lives must be shattered before decisive action is taken? It is not too late for the government to finally declare a state of emergency on insecurity and confront this menace with the urgency it deserves.”
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