Drug Kingpins Bag 70 Years In Jail, Forfeit Vehicles, Including Prado Fitted With ‘Fake Presidential Plate’, Used In Trafficking Drugs

Two drug kingpins bag 70 years a in jail, forfeit vehicles, including Prado fitted with ‘Fake Presidential Plate’, used in trafficking drugs.

The two were arrested by NDLEA operatives with 500.800kg skunk concealed in a Toyota Hilux and a Toyota Prado SUV.

Justice Bala Usman of the Federal High Court in Yola, has sentenced two drug barons, Shuaibu Nuhu Isa (a.k.a Don) and Zidon Zurga, to 35 years each, and ordered the interim forfeiture of the two vehicles used in trafficking the illicit drug consignment.

The two were arrested by NDLEA operatives on 25th November 2024 along Numan-Yola road with 500.800kg skunk, a strain of cannabis, concealed in a pilot Toyota Hilux marked Lagos NT 829 AAA and a Toyota Prado SUV with a fake presidency number plate 01B-266 FG.

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A statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, on Friday March 7, reads :

“They were later arraigned before Justice Bala Usman in charge number: FHC/YL/150 /2024 and convicted on 7th February 2025 to 35 years imprisonment each on two counts, bringing the combined years in jail for both of them to 70 years or pay a fine of N25 million each. The court also ordered the interim forfeiture of the two jeeps used in trafficking the illicit drug consignment.”

Reacting to their conviction, NDLEA Chairman, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) said the conviction and the forfeiture of the convicts instruments of crime will further strengthen the deterrent effect of our ongoing effort to totally dismantle every drug network in the country.

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