Two notorious drug dealers, Ajetsibo Emami popularly known as ‘Warri Kinsman’ and Solomon Akpomuai have been convicted and sentenced to a combined 10 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos.
A statement released by the Director, Media and Advocacy of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA).
Femi Babafemi said Emami was arrested in Ikeja Lagos on Saturday 28th June 2025 after NDLEA operatives dismantled his drug trafficking network in a three-day operation leading to the arrest of three other suspects.
The statement said 24 jumbo bags containing 681 pouches of Canadian Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 414.2 kilograms were recovered from Emami’s network, adding that the arrest of Emami’s drug ring followed credible intelligence on his attempt to move the shipment to Lekki area of Lagos, from where it was to be distributed to other parts of the state and across the country.
Emami was subsequently arraigned before Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court Lagos where he was convicted on a one-count charge filed by NDLEA prosecutor, Assistant Commander of Narcotics, Buhari Shuaibu Abdullahi and sentenced to six years in prison with an option of N50million in lieu of jail.
In another development, Solomon Akpomuai, another notorious drug kingpin was arrested by men of the Customs Service along Shagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway with 2,197.8 kilograms of skunk, a 5strain of cannabis on 3rd June 2025 and transferred to NDLEA on 16th June after which he was arraigned in court before Justice Dehinde Dipeolu for trafficking illicit drugs in commercial quantity, convicted and sentenced to four years in prison with the option of a N50million fine.
NDLEA Chairman, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) described the conviction of the two drug kingpins as an indication that Nigeria will soon surmount the twin problems of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking.
He commended the judiciary, NDLEA officers involved in the investigation and prosecution of the cases for their commitment to the cause of a drug-free country.
(Editor: Oloyede Oworu)
