Adeoye Oluwakemi Fatimoh, a nursing mother, was given a six-year prison term Wednesday for trafficking in illegal drugs. After she admitted guilt to two charges of illegally exporting 1.10 kilograms of Cannabis sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, and 17 grams of Rohypnol, a psychoactive substance, brought against her by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, the nursing mother was sentenced to prison by Justice Tijjani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos (NDLEA). The NDLEA attorney, Mr. Abu Ibrahim, told the judge that the convict was arrested with the illegal substance on November 18, 2022, at Gate "C" of the Departure Hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja-Lagos, during the outward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airline flight. She was trying to export it to Oman.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency counsel also informed the court that the conviction's offenses violated Section 11(b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Cap. N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. Due to her admission of guilt, the prosecutor urged the court to find her guilty and sentence her in accordance with the NDLEA act sections she was accused of violating. The prisoner pleaded with the judge for pity by promising that if given another chance, she would not commit any crimes.Chief Lilian Omotunde, the convict's attorney, urged the court to balance justice and mercy when passing judgment on her client. She also urged the court to take into account the convict's quick admission of guilt because he was a first-time offender with no prior convictions. Further requesting that the court take into account a fine judgment instead of a prison sentence, Chief Omotunde.
Justice Ringim sentenced the defendant to three years in jail on each count in his ruling. Justice Ringim provided the offender the option of paying a fine of N500,000 in count one solely while ordering that the imprisonment term run consecutively. The judge also mandated that the NDLEA destroy the illegal substances taken from the defendant after the appeals process has passed.
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