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The police in Ekiti State, on Tuesday, arraigned seven persons before an Ado Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for alleged possession of illicit drugs.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Bankole Olasunkanmi, told the court that the defendants, who also allegedly damaged a pair of police handcuffs in the process of their arrest, had in their possession substances suspected to be Indian hemp.
He listed the defendants as Azubuike Emmanuel (35), Oluwafemi Samson (23), Sunkanmi Okondo (27), Bello Femi (22), Nnamdi Ugwu (34), Awoseemo Sesan (32), and Agboju Isiaka (24).
The prosecutor said the defendants committed the offence on December 13, 2020, around 1.05pm at Easy Life Brothel in Ikere-Ekiti.