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Nigeria: Court sentences 11 drug kingpins to 254 years imprisonment – Tribune Online

Nigeria: Court sentences 11 drug kingpins to 254 years imprisonment – Tribune Online

Africa Links 24 with Sunday Ejike
Published on 2026-04-17 13:12:17

No fewer than 974 offenders have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms, including 11 drug kingpins who bagged 254 years imprisonment in the first quarter of 2026 as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) ramped up the arrest, prosecution and forfeiture of the assets of drug traffickers and their collaborators across the country.

Of the 974 drug traffickers convicted between January and March, 899 of them are male and 75 are female, while a further breakdown of the…

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