Justice Emeka Nwite of an Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday, sentenced two co-defendants Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne to six years imprisonment for drug trafficking business.
The two convicts were facing charges in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), against suspended DCP Abba Kyari over an alleged drug deal.
Justice Nwite found the two defendants guilty in counts 5, 6 and 7 by the NDLEA and sentenced them to six years jail term respectively
Their sentenced followed a guilty plea to counts 5, 6 and 7 preferred against them by the anti-narcotic agency, in which both “pleaded guilty”.
The duo were the 6th and 7th defendants in charge brought against them by the NDLEA.
In the ruling, the Justice Nwite sentenced them to two years imprisonment on each of counts 5, 6 and 7, stressing that the sentence would run concurrently and would commence from the day the defendants were arrested by the NDLEA.
The two convicts, Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne were alleged drug traffickers who were arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu by the Nigerian police and handed over to the NDLEA.
