SENATE APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS. (PHOTO).

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 Senate Approves Death Penalty For Drug Traffickers The Senate has approved the death penalty for those convicted on the charge of drug trafficking in the country. The punishment prescribed in the extant NDLEA Act is a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The resolution of the Senate followed its consideration of a report of the Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters and Drugs and Narcotics, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights & Legal Matters presented the report during plenary, Sen.Mohammed Monguno (APC-Borno North). The bill, which passed its third reading, aims to update the list of dangerous drugs, strengthen the operations of the NDLEA, review penalties, and empower the establishment of laboratories. Section 11 of the current Act prescribes that “any person who, without lawful authority; imports, manufactures, produces, processes, plants or grows the drugs popularly

A FEDERAL HIGH COURT IN ABUJA,GRANTED RAYMOND DOKPESI BAIL TODAY.

                           Today monday,a Federal High Court in Abuja granted bail to Raymond Dokpesi,who is standing trial over alleged more than  two billion naira fraud.In a ruling Justice Gabriel Kolawole granted bail to Raymond Dokpesi in the sum of N400 million and two sureties in like sum.He said that each surety must have a landed property with two hundred million naira each.Justice Kolawle said that one of the sureties must be a serving or retired civil servant of the rank of a director in either the Federal or State Civil service.He further said if retired,the srety must show a retirement letter indicating the organisation where he or she had served.The second surety must be a private entrepreneur with evidence of three years tax clearance certificate and a verifiable landed property worth two hundred million naira.The sureties must sign an undertaking of forfeiture of the property to the Federal Government,in the event that the defendant did not make himself available for trial.The Judge ordered that the international passport of the defendant should be deposited with the registar of the court.He said failure to perfect the bail conditions,the defendant should be remanded in Kuje prison pending the time all the conditions would be met.He also directed that Dokpesi should not be arrested by any government agency for any investigation and if any government agency wanted further investigation on the case,it should approach the defendant's lawyers to make him available.One more photo below.                                                                                                                   

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  1. he is granted bail for taking 2billion that was meant for fighting Boko Haram, yet an indian hemp seller is sentenced to life imprisonment. Nigeria Juidiciary I hail thee

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