A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 27-year-old carpenter, Yusuf Fasasi, to nine-month imprisonment for drug trafficking.

The convict was arraigned before Justice Ayokunle Faji, on November 1 by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on a count charge of illegal deal in restricted narcotics .

He pleaded guilty to the charge.

Counsel to the defendant, B. B. Kolawole, prayed the court to temper justice with mercy, saying his client was a first-time offender.

He added that his client would turn a new leaf.

The court, had accordingly, convicted the defendant as charged.

Delivering his verdict on Friday, Justice Faji, sentenced the convict to a term of nine months imprisonment.

He held that the sentence would begin from the date the convict was arrested.

The prosecutor, Korinjo Aondofa, had reviewed the facts of the case after the convict was arraigned and tendered several documents in support of his case.

Some of the documents included: a request for scientific aid form, a packaging of substance form, statement of the convict, bulk of the substance and a transparent pouch, among others

He urged the court to convict and sentence the defendant based on the defendant’s plea and the evidence before the court.

According to the charge, the convict committed the offence on September 22, at the NDLEA checkpoint in Agbara..

He was said to have trafficked 500g of cannabis sativa similar to cocaine and heroin LSD categorised as a banned narcotics in the NDLEA schedule.

The offence contravened the provisions of Section 11(b) of the NDLEA Act Cap N30, Law of the Federation, 2004.

(NAN)