The Federal High Court in Kano is set to commence the trial of a thirty
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 the NDLEA Kano State Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, 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.
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 Chairman and Chief Executive, Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah
(retd.) assured that the case will be diligently prosecuted adding that
the Agency will continue to uphold the rule of law.
