The Federal High Court in Kano is set to commence the trial of a 30 year old woman, who was caught planting cocaine in a pastor’s house by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
According to NDLEA, the accused will appear before Honorable Justice Zainab Abubakar on Wednesday, May 25th, 2016.
The NDLEA Kano State Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, stated that preliminary investigation revealed that the accused Mrs. Joy Ogundare, who lives in the same compound with Pastor Richard Ekenne was caught red-handed planting 2.2grams of cocaine in the apartment of Richard.
“She is paying for the evil she committed”
According to the anti narcotic body the accused in her statement explained that she wanted to implicate Pastor Richard because of the misunderstanding between her and the Pastor.
“I am not in good terms with Pastor Richard. We even have a pending case at the Magistrate Court here in Kano. That was why I wanted to plant cocaine in his apartment to implicate him but I was caught in the process by NDLEA Officers” she stated.
NDLEA Chief Executive, Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (rtd) assured that the case will be diligently prosecuted, adding that the agency will continue to uphold the rule of law.
“The agency respects the rule of law and will remain meticulous in its operations. We are pursuing this case to a logical conclusion. Everything possible will be done to prevent the innocent from being punished while the guilty will never escape justice” Abdallah stated.
