ABIODUN AGBOOLA V. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

BARKA JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The appellant was on 4 June 2010, arraigned before the Federal High Court,

Ilorin, on a two count charge, which reads as follows:

That you Abiodun Agboola, Male, Adult, on or about 13 March 2010, along Odo-Owa/Omu-Aran road in Ilofa Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court , without lawful authority transported or trafficked in 8.6 kilograms of cannabis sativa (otherwise known as Indian hemp) a drug similar to cocaine, heroin, LSD, e.t.c., and thereby committed an offence A contrary to and punishable under section 11(b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Cap. N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. 2. That you Abiodun Agboola, Male, Adult, on or about 13 March 2010, along Odo-Owa/Omu-Aran road in Ilofa Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, without lawful authority transported or trafficked in 8.6 kilograms of canna…