By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent
CONVICTIONS OF two major drug traffickers have been secured by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as a Federal High Court in Lagos sentenced 37-year-old Ajetsibo Emami, known as “Warri Kinsman,” and 51-year-old Solomon Akpomuai to a combined 10 years imprisonment.
Emami was apprehended on 28 June 2025 in Ikeja, Lagos, after NDLEA operatives dismantled his trafficking network during a three-day operation that also led to the arrest of three accomplices.
The operation recovered 24 jumbo bags containing 681 pouches of Canadian Loud, a strain of cannabis, with a total weight of 414.2 kilograms.
The arrest followed intelligence reports that he planned to move the shipment to the Lekki area of Lagos for distribution across the state and the country.
Following his arrest, Emami was arraigned before Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court 8 in Lagos under charge number FHC/L/636C/2025.
The prosecution was led by Assistant Commander of Narcotics Buhari Shuaibu Abdullahi.
On 18 August 2025, the court convicted him on one count of dealing in illicit drugs and sentenced him to six years imprisonment with an option of a ₦50 million fine in lieu of jail.
In a separate case, Akpomuai was intercepted by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service on 3 June 2025 along the Shagamu–Ijebu-Ode expressway with 2,197.8 kilograms of skunk, another strain of cannabis.
He was handed over to NDLEA on 16 June and subsequently arraigned before Justice Deinde Dipeolu in charge number FHC/L/635C/2025 for trafficking illicit drugs in large commercial quantities.
Delivering judgement, the trial judge convicted him and imposed a four-year prison term, also with an option of a ₦50 million fine.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), said the convictions demonstrated that the Agency’s strategies are yielding results.
He stated that Nigeria would, in due course, overcome the menace of substance abuse and drug trafficking due to the positive impact of ongoing measures combining drug supply reduction with drug demand reduction.
Marwa commended the judiciary, NDLEA investigators and prosecutors, and other stakeholders for their contributions to the outcome.
He stressed that the Agency remained committed to its mandate of ensuring a drug-free Nigeria through coordinated enforcement actions, intelligence-driven operations, and broad stakeholder engagement.
