A federal high court in Lagos on Wednesday, February 4 has sentenced one Umeh Henry to two years imprisonment for unlawful possession of cocaine. Meanwhile 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, Vembe Emmanuel, told the court that NDLEA operatives arrested him on October 6 last year. Henry was 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. The convict immediately pleaded guilty to the offence.
At the resumed trial on Wednesday, Vembe, after reviewing the facts of the case, prayed the court to convict Henry and sentence him accordingly.
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