A 43-year-old drug peddler, Mutiyat Rasak, was on Thursday sentenced
to seven months imprisonment for trafficking in Cannabis Sativa by a Federal
High Court in Ibadan. She was arraigned on a one-count charge of dealing in
Cannabis.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Prosecutor,
Bridget Viashimah, said that Rasak committed the crime on Nov.13, 2007, at
about 12.30 p.m., at Ikoyi-ile in the Ogbomoso area of Oyo State. The offence
contravened Section 11 of the NDELA Act of the Federal Laws of Nigeria.
According to her, the defendant had jumped bail when she was
first arraigned in 2007 and was re-arrested in March 2013.
“Rasak was caught with 600 grammes of Cannabis Sativa also
known as marijuana and even feigned to be suffering from memory loss when she
was being interrogated,”.
The defendant who pleaded guilty prayed the court to temper
justice with mercy.
Justice Abimbola Obaseki-Adejumo sentenced her to seven
months imprisonment with hard labour without any option of fine. The sentence
starts from March when she was arrested.
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