Court jails South African woman for 25 years for importing 5.75kg of heroin into Nigeria
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a 38-year-old South African woman, Will Jessica Ann, to 25 years in prison for smuggling 5.75 kilogrammes of heroin into Nigeria. The offending drug was brought into Nigeria through Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Justice Egwuatu passed the sentence on Thursday, stressing […] Court jails South African woman for…
On Thursday, Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced Will Jessica Ann, a 38-year-old South African woman, to 25 years in prison for importing 5.75 kilograms of heroin into Nigeria. The illegal drug was transported via Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The Federal High Court in Abuja was where the woman was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and she pleaded guilty to unlawfully importing the 5.75 kilogrammes of heroin into the country on July 6.
Despite the defendant, accompanied by her three-year-old son, sobbing and seeking leniency, Justice Egwuatu emphasized that Nigerian law does not consider emotions. He clarified that prior to her guilty plea, the defendant had confessed to the crime in her extrajudicial statement. The judge then convicted her of the offense.
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