A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced 33-year-old dispatch rider Yahaya Nuru to a total of seven years imprisonment for unlawfully distributing large quantities of tramadol and other prohibited drugs.
Dispatch Rider
Justice Musa Kakaki delivered the judgment on Wednesday after Nuru pleaded guilty to a four-count charge filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Prosecutor Peter Ekuri told the court that Nuru conspired with Abdulrazak and Chukwu Emmanuel Emeka, now at large, to deal in controlled substances at No. 6 Ashogbon Street, Lagos Island in November 2025.
Ekuri stated that authorities arrested Nuru with 4.12 kilograms of tramadol hydrochloride, 40 millilitres of tramadol injection, one litre of diazepam injection, and 1.04 litres of tramadol hydrochloride injection meant for different buyers. The offences contravene Sections 20(1)(a), 11(c) and are punishable under Section 20(2)(a) of the NDLEA Act Cap N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
While defence counsel pleaded for leniency as a first-time offender who saved court time by pleading guilty, Justice Kakaki sentenced Nuru to four years, five months, one month, and three years on counts one, two, three, and four respectively.
The court also ordered fines of N300,000, N30,000, N50,000, and N200,000 as options to imprisonment on each count, with all sentences and fines to run concurrently.
