A Federal High Court in Ibadan has remanded one Opeyemi Abdulsalam to the correctional centre for allegedly trafficking in various kinds of banned psychotropic substances. Justice Nkeonye Maha ordered Abdulsalam to be remanded in Agodi correctional facility after he pleaded not guilty to the five-count charge of unlawful dealing in Narcotics brought against him. Maha subsequently adjourned the suit until Jan. 18 for hearing on the bail application and trial.
The prosecuting counsel, Mrs A.A. Balogun, had told the court that the defendant committed the crime on Aug. 13, at Sabo, Apete area of Ibadan, Oyo State. Balogun added that the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command, arrested Abdulsalam following credible intelligence from informants that he was illegally selling harmful substances to the people.
According to her, the defendant was apprehended in possession of 100 g of codine, six grams of Olanzapine, 20 g of tramadol, 26 g of methamphetamine, and seven grams of ecstasy. The prosecutor noted that the offences contravened section 11(C) of the NDLEA Act Cap. N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
