Mother of 4 Jailed 10 Years For Cocaine Trafficking

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Mrs. Roli Bode-George, DG NDLEA

Akin Kuponiyi

A Federal High Court in Lagos, South West Nigeria on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a mother of four to 10 years imprisonment for trafficking in cocaine.

The court convicted and sentenced the 56 years old woman, Owolabi Oluwayemisi Modinat, to the jail term, after she pleaded guilty to one count charge preferred against her by the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The convict had earlier pleaded guilty when she was first arraigned before the court, and maintained her plea when the matter came up today .

In urging the court to convict the mother of four, the NDLEA prosecutor, while reviewing the fact of the case, tendered the convict’s harmonized ECOWAS passport with number: 1808098653, an E-ticket and boarding pass as evidence.

Other evidence tendered by the prosecutor includes: three written statements of the…

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