Lagos court remands 70-year-old woman over alleged 13kg cocaine trafficking

A Federal High Court sitting successful Ikoyi, Lagos State, has ordered the remand of a 70-year-old woman, Barek Mary Yetunde, astatine the Ikoyi Correctional Centre implicit an alleged 13-kilogramme cocaine trafficking offence.

Justice Friday Ogazi made the bid connected Wednesday aft the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, arraigned Yetunde connected a two-count complaint bordering connected the unlawful possession, proscription and attempted exportation of cocaine.

At the resumed proceedings, NDLEA prosecutor, Abu Ibrahim appeared for the agency, portion Chief Benson Ndakara represented the defendant.

Ibrahim archetypal sought the court’s support to arraign Yetunde during the ongoing tribunal vacation.

Justice Ogazi granted the application, pursuing which the two-count charge, dated August 8, 2026, was work to the defendant.
Yetunde pleaded not blameworthy to some counts.

According to the charge, the defendant, a nonmigratory of Okota, Lagos, allegedly committed the offences connected oregon astir June 28, 2026, astatine the Departure Hall of Terminal 2, Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja.

The prosecution alleged that during the outward cle...