Court Jails Woman For 18 Months For Exporting Cannabis To Cape Verde

Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a businesswoman, Jumoke Akinusi, to 18 months in jail for trying to export 1.10 kilogrammes of hashish sativa to Cape Verde unlawfully.

Justice Aluko handed down the decision after Akinusi pleaded responsible to a one-count cost of drug trafficking introduced in opposition to her by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The prosecutor, Cyril Osaigbovo, informed the courtroom that the defendant allegedly dedicated the offence on August 14, 2026, by exporting the prohibited substance by way of the National Handling Company Export Shed, a customs-controlled space at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos.

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Osaigbovo additionally maintained that the offence contravened Section 11(b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

Following the defendant’s plea, the prosecutor reviewed the info of the case and urged the courtroom to convict her primarily based on her admission, the displays tendered and the relevant legislation.

In a plea for leniency, her lawyer, Michael Ogbodo, urged the courtroom to mood justice with mercy, assuring it that his shopper wouldn’t repeat the illicit act.

Ogbodo additionally requested the courtroom to impose a nice as an alternative of imprisonment.

In his judgment, Justice Aluko sentenced Jumoke to 18 months in jail, with the choice of paying a N500,000 nice.

The cost in opposition to the convicted lady reads: “that you, Akinusi Jumoke, ‘F’, Adult, on or about the 14th day of August 2026, without lawful authority, exported 1.10 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa, a narcotic drug similar to Cocaine, LSD, Heroin, from the National Handling Company Export Shed, a customs area/point of the Murtala Muhammed International airport, Ikeja, Lagos State to Cape Verde and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 11(b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act CAP N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.”