Court Jails Women 8 Years For Trafficking In Prohibited Drugs

Two women, Ighagbon Queen and Ajoke Dauda, have been convicted and sentenced to two and six years imprisonment, respectively, for drug trafficking by the Federal High Court in Lagos.

Queen was sentenced to two years in prison for the illegal exportation of 800 grammes of Pentazocine Injection, a psychotropic drug by Justice Ibrahim Kala.

While Dauda bagged six years imprisonment for trafficking 45.5 kilogrammes of Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana) by Justice Akintayo Aluko.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had arraigned the convicts before the judges in separate charges marked FHC/L/89c/2026 and FHC/L/43c/2026.

The prosecutor, Abu Ibrahim, had told Justice Kala that Queen was arrested on February 2, 2026, at Terminal 2’s Screening Point at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, while preparing to board a Royal Air Maroc flight to Bologna, Italy.

Ibrahim, who is the Commander of Narcotics and head of NDLEA’s Legal/Prosecution Department at MMIA, had claimed that her illegal act violated section 11(b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Cap. N30, Laws of Nigeria, 2004.

The convict pleaded guilty to the charge.

Given her plea, the prosecutor reviewed the facts of the case and requested that the court convict and sentence the convict under sections 274(2) and 362(2) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015.

Her lawyer requested leniency, claiming that the convict was deceived by her neighbour and sought a non-custodial sentence.

Justice Kala sentenced her to two years in prison but also ordered her to pay a N500,000 fine and complete 30 days of community service instead of a jail term.

The second convict was caught with illegal substances on December 18, 2025, at the Agbara Checkpoint in Lagos State, according to the prosecutor, Peter Ekuri.

Ekuri had also informed Justice Aluko that the offence is contrary to section 11(b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Cap. N30, Laws of Nigeria, 2004.

The convict also pleaded guilty to the charge.

Based on her plea, the prosecution reviewed the case and asked the court for a conviction.

Her lawyer, Rachel Mimido Nyiew, appealed for mercy, promising that her client would not repeat the offence, and requested either a fine or a non-custodial sentence.

After considering the plea, Justice Aluko sentenced the convict to six years in prison but ordered her to pay a fine of N1 million as an alternative.