Two businessmen, Chukwuemeka Kingsley Madueke and Romanus Abuchi Onah, were today ordered to be remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS), by the Federal High Court, Lagos over alleged importation of a banned drug, Captagon tablets, a drug made from methamphetamine.
Justice Yellim S. Bogoro, remanded the businessmen after taken arguments on their bail applications argued by their counsel, Chief Benson Ndakara and Nick Omeye and the prosecutor, Mr. Fingere Dinneys.
Justice Bogoro ordered that the two businessmen should be remanded till December 7, when she will rule on the bail applications.
The two businessmen were arraigned before Justice Bogoro by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly importing from Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, 74.119 Kilograms of Captagon tablets (Amphetamine), a narcotic drug similar to Cocaine, LSD and Heroin.
The two men were arraigned alongside Uche Princewill Njoku and Chinedu Agbogwu, said to be at large, and Romanus Abuchi Onah’s company, Home Page Global Resources Limited, on two counts charge of Conspiracy and unlawful importation of the said drug.
The offence according to the charge are contrary to Section 14(b) and 11(a) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act Cap N30 Laws of the Federation, 2004, and punishable under the same Act.
The two businessmen denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Upon their plea of not guilty, the prosecutor, Fingere Dinneys asked for trial date and also pleaded with the court to remand the defendants in the custody of NCoS.
But their counsel, Chief Ndakara and Omeya, told the court that they have their clients’ bail applications and same have been served on the prosecution.
Following the Counsel’s submissions, the presiding judge, Justice Bogoro, ordered counsel to make submissions on the bail appllications.
Justice Bogoro after listening to submissions on the bail applications, adjourned the matter till December 7, for ruling while directing that the defendants be remanded in the custody of the NCoS
