accomplice, Ali Abbas Jega, were today Monday
May 13th sentenced to five years in prison by a
Federal High Court in Lagos for shipping illegal
arms into Nigeria. The two were arrested in 2010
after Lagos port authorities discovered 13
containers of weapons which they had declared as
construction materials.
The two men, who have been in court since 2011,
were found guilty on four criminal counts but they
will only serve less than three years of their 5 year
sentence as their sentence will be counted from
February 2011 when their trial began. The
recovered arms will be given to the Federal
government.
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