Three Drug Kingpins Sentenced to 302 Years in Prison

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) reports that three drug kingpins and 16 other criminals have been convicted and sentenced to a total of 302 years in jail.

In a statement released on Friday, NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi stated that they were condemned for trafficking and dealing in illicit narcotics.

He accused them of trafficking cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, cannabis, and painkillers, among other substances.

According to Babafemi, the 19 prisoners are among 414 drug traffickers and dealers convicted by the Federal High Court in Benue, Bauchi, Edo, Lagos, Ogun, Gombe, and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, between July 1st and 31st, 2024, on charges brought against them by the NDLEA.

Three drug kingpins and 16 other offenders have been convicted and sentenced to a total of Three Hundred and Two years in prison for trafficking and dealing in illicit drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis and opioids following their arrest and diligent prosecution by the NDLEA,” said the judge.
The 19 prisoners are among 414 drug traffickers and dealers convicted by the Federal High Court in Benue, Bauchi, Edo, Lagos, Ogun, Gombe, and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja between July 1st and 31st, 2024, based on charges made against them by the anti-narcotics agency.

On May 25, 2024, one of the three kingpins, 50-year-old Bolanle Dauda, was apprehended following an intelligence-led raid by NDLEA special operation unit operatives at Ibiye, along the Lagos-Badagry expressway, while attempting to cross the land border to transport the consignment to Ghana.

He was then brought before Hon. Justice Ambrose Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, under charge number FHC/L/537C/2024.

“At the time of his arrest, 42 blocks of cocaine weighing 47.5 kilograms were discovered on him.

A quick follow-up operation at his home, Plot 24/25 OPIC extension, Petedo road, Agbara, Ogun state, resulted in the seizure of an additional eight blocks of the same drug totaling 10kg, bringing the total weight of cocaine confiscated from him to 57.5 kilos,” Babafemi said.