The Federal Excessive Court docket sitting in Lagos, yesterday, convicted and sentenced two males, John Kanu, and Obinna Eze, to 4 years imprisonment for conspiracy and illegal possession of 839.4kg of pangolin scales and 145kg of elephant tusks.

Each Kanu and Eze got the jail-term by Justice Nicholas Oweibo after they pleaded responsible to the costs towards them by the Federal Operation Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Companies (NCS), Lagos…..CONTINUE READING

The 2 convicts had been arraigned alongside Anthony Onyebuchi and Monday Nnamani in an amended cost marked FHC/L/123c/22.The convicts and the 2 males had pleaded not responsible to the costs once they had been arraigned earlier than the courtroom.

Nevertheless, on the resumed listening to of the cost, yesterday, the 2 convicts knowledgeable the courtroom of their intention to vary their plea, which was granted by the courtroom.

Following the brand new growth, the trial choose ordered that the amended cost be learn to them. The 2 convicts pleaded responsible to the cost, whereas Anthony Onyebuchi and Monday Nnamani pleaded not responsible to the costs learn to them.

With the convicts’ responsible plea, the prosecutors, Mr. David Ereh, Michael Osong and Abidemi Aluko, whereas reviewing the case of their cost, advised the courtroom that the convicts and others on February 2, 2022 conspired amongst themselves to warehoused the prohibited gadgets at Adeba in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State.

The prosecutors advised the courtroom that the convicts’ actions contravened the legal guidelines. They urged the courtroom to convict those who pleaded responsible to the costs and sentence them in keeping with the sections of the legal guidelines that they had been expenses with, whereas a trial date is giving towards those who pleaded not responsible.

The convicts’ counsel, Chukwu Agwu, in his allucutus, pleaded with the courtroom to tamper justice with mercy in sentencing them. Agwu advised the courtroom that the convicts are first time period offenders, who didn’t have earlier conviction file, and that the courtroom ought to contemplate that the convicts didn’t waste treasured time of the courtroom.

In his judgment, Justice Oweibo sentenced the 2 convicts to 2 years imprisonment every on rely one and two, and pardoned them on rely tree. The choose adjourned until September 28 for the trial of the remaining two defendants…..CONTINUE READING