The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday arraigned an employee of the National Aviation Handling Company of Nigeria (NAHCO) Adetutu Afeez Alade before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly aiding the shipment of banned hard drug, Ephedrine.
The NDLEA docked Alade on a two count-charge of conspiracy to export 25.220 kilogrammes of Ephedrine, a prohibited substance listed in Table 1 of the Second schedule of the NDLEA Act before Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel.
Prior to Alade’s arraignment on the alleged crime, Justice Ayo-Emmanuel had on November 14, convicted and sentenced Omoyeni Opeyemi Emmanuel and Akinyemi Salaudeen Idowu the Alade’s accused to two years imprisonment, after the duo had pleaded guilty to same allegations, when they were arraigned before the court.
Alade’s re-arraignment before the court on Friday, was sequel to his non-guilty plea he made when his convicted co-accused were jointly arraigned before the court with him.
The accused,…
