By Attah Ede
Ajetsibo Emami, the younger brother of prominent Delta State Politician, Ayiri Emami, and one other, have been sentenced to a combined 10 years in prison by the Federal High Courts in Lagos, following their conviction for trafficking illicit drugs.
The two convicts are a 37-year-old Emami a notorious drug kingpin,,popularly known as ‘Warri Kinsman’ and 51-year-old Solomon Akpomuai.
They were given an option of N50million each in lieu of their jails.
In a statement on Tuesday by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, its Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said Emami was arrested in Ikeja Lagos on Saturday 28th June 2025 when NDLEA operatives dismantled his drug trafficking network in a three-day operation leading to the arrest of three other suspects.
He stated that 24 jumbo bags containing 681 pouches of Canadian Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 414.2 kilograms were recovered from Emami’s network.
According to the statement, the bust of Emami’s drug ring followed credible intelligence on his attempt to move the shipment to Lekki area of Lagos, from where it will be distributed to other parts of the state and across the country.
The convict was subsequently arraigned before Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court 8 Lagos in charge number FHC/L/636C/2025 bordering on dealing in illicit drugs.
While delivering judgement, the trial judge convicted Emami on the one count charge filed against him by NDLEA prosecutor Assistant Commander of Narcotics Buhari Shuaibu Abdullahi and sentenced him to six years in prison with an option of N50 million in lieu of jail.
Similarly, in the case of Solomon Akpomuai who was first arrested by men of Customs Service along Shagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway with 2,197.8 kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis on 3rd June 2025 and transferred to NDLEA on 16th June.
Thereafter, Akpomuai was arraigned in charge number FHC/L/635C before Justice Dipeolu for trafficking illicit drugs in large commercial quantity.
In his judgement over the matter, the trial judge convicted and sentenced Akpomuai to four years in prison with an option of N50 million fine.
Femi Babafemi in the statement said the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) described the conviction of the two drug kingpins as an indication that Nigeria will sooner than later surmount the menace of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking as a result of the positive outcomes of the current balanced approach to the Agency’s drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
The chairman commended the judiciary, NDLEA officers involved in the investigation and prosecution of the cases as well as other stakeholders for their commitment to the achieve of a drug free country.
