Officers of the Nigerian Prison Services on Wednesday caught two sisters, Shade Oyetobi and Atinuke Adebanwo, while attempting to smuggle 11 wraps of marijuana into the Ikeja Lagos State High Court holding cell for awaiting trial inmates.
It was said that the culprits, who claimed to be orphans, brought in the illegal substance for their brother, Babatunde Oyetobi, an awaiting trial inmate who was arrested two years ago during a street fight.
Twenty-four-year-old Shade, who said she was a hairdresser, confessed that the marijuna wraps were handed over to her by Babatunde's friend, Jamiu.
She said,
“Jamiu called me on the telephone and gave me the drug. I don’t know where they sell marijuana, I don’t know how much they sell it and I don’t smoke.”
Adebanwo, married with three children, said she was not privy to the arrangement as she cried profusely.
“I don’t know anything about this whole thing. Please ask her; I am even sick, I was supposed to go for my treatment this morning.”
According to the warder, Mr. A. R. Muhammed, who arrested the sisters, the marijuana wraps were hid inside a black nylon bag and concealed with a pair of slippers.
Muhammad said,
“We demanded to know their mission as they were coming in and they told us they wanted to see their brother. We asked to see what was in the black polythene bag, but they said it was a pair of slippers. When we demanded to see the slippers, the younger sister became guarded.
“At that point, we ordered them to walk out if they were not willing to show us the slippers; but we became suspicious when they chose to walk out without seeing their brother rather than show us what was in the nylon bag. That was why we insisted on checking the bag, only to discover that they were trying to smuggle marijuana into the cell.”
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