MAMMAN IBRAHIM HARKA V. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

MUHAMMED LAWAL SHUAIBU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant was arraigned before the Federal High Court sitting at Sokoto on two counts charge which read as follows:

Count One:

That you Mamman Ibrahim Harka, Male, 70 years, on the 26th day of May, 2014 at Buhutu Market, Sabon Birni Local Government Area, Sokoto State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, without lawful authourity dealt in 900gramms of cannabis sativa, a narcotic drug similar to cocaine heroine and LSD and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 11C of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act Cap N 30 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

Count two:

That you Mamman Ibrahim Harka Male, 70 years old, on the 26th day of May, 2014 at Buhutu Market, Sabon Birni Local Government Area, Sokoto State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, without lawful authority dealt in 500grams of Diazepam a psychotropic substance a narcotic drug similar to cocaine h…