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 NDLEA dismantles Abuja drug bunks, arrests 132, recovers 220kg illicit substances  -Marwa hails operation, vows to sustain crackdown in FCT, other states  In a non-stop two-week offensive action against traffickers and dealers, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully dismantled several drug joints and bunks within and around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja where a total of 132 suspects were arrested and 220 kilograms of assorted illicit substances recovered. The wel-coordinated raids jointly conducted by the Agency's Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) and the FCT Strategic Command from llth to 25th April 2026 were launched to dismantle illicit drug hubs contributing to substance abuse, trafficking, and associated criminal activities in the capital city after weeks of intelligence and surveillance across all identified hotspots. Areas where notorious drug joints were raided, dismantled and suspects...

COURT JAILS MAN SIX MONTHS FOR $15,000 ROMANCE SCAM IN LAGOS.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.



 Court Jails Man Six Months For $15,000 Romance Scam In Lagos


The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Ayeni Emmanuel to six months imprisonment before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.


The convict was prosecuted on a one-count amended charge bordering on cheating, contrary to Section 321 (1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.


The charge reads:  "Ayeni Emmanuel, between January 2019 and December 2020, in Lagos, within the Ikeja Judicial Division of this Honourable Court, by means of fraudulent trick, obtained the sum of $15,000 Australian Dollars from Tuciata Leifi, a citizen of Queensland, Australia, whom you met on POF dating site, wherein you represented yourself to be one Dina Gomez, a US Military officer on peace-keeping mission in Iraq, which representation you knew was false."


He pleaded "guilty" to the charge. 


Following his guilty plea, the prosecuting counsel, Nnaemeka Omewa, gave a review of the facts against him.


According to Omewa, the EFCC, in January 2021, received intelligence about the activities of some internet fraudsters. 


"On receipt, the same was analysed and surveillance carried out and found worthy of investigation," he said.


According to him, the defendant was subsequently arrested at Sangotedo, Ajah, Lagos and brought to the EFCC office for further investigation.


He said a HP laptop and an iPhone 11 were recovered from him.


He told the Court that further investigation, including the analysis of his devices, confirmed his involvement in an online dating scam and he was charged accordingly.


Omewa, therefore, urged the Court to convict the defendant based on his guilty plea.


He also prayed the Court to forfeit to the Federal Government the items recovered from him.


Justice Solebo, thereafter, found him guilty as charged and sentenced him to six months in prison.


He was also ordered to restitute the $15,000 Austrian Dollars to his victim.


 


The items recovered from him were also ordered forfeited to the Federal Government. 


"Upon release, he should enter a bond with the Commission to be of good behaviour," Justice Solebo further held.

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