Nigerian filmmaker, Mbadiwe Emeka has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for drug trafficking
A Federal High Court in Lagos convicted and sentenced him to five years imprisonment for trafficking 17.30 kilograms of Canada Loud, Cannabis Sativa, a narcotic drug similar to cocaine, LSD and heroin.
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, handed down the jail term on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, after Emeka pleaded guilty to the two counts of unlawful importation of the drug by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
NDLEA prosecution counsel, Abu Ibrahim, had earlier told the court that the convict was arrested on December 24, 2024, during the examination of incoming cargo with Airway Bill No: 00637337285, from Huston, United States of America at the National Handling Company Import Shed, a Customs Area/Point of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State.
Ibrahim said the convict had procured one Uzoekwe Ugochukwu James to import the banned drug.
According to Ibrahim, the offences committed contravened Sections 21(1)(e) and are punishable under Sections 11(a), 20 (1) (a) and 20 (2) (a)of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Cap. N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
