By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos
Two smugglers have been sentenced to two years imprisonment for possession of smuggled goods and assaulting Customs Officers.
The convicts were said to have contravened Customs Laws and assaulted Customs Officers with charms and horsewhips at Owoyele-Igbogila, Yewa-North Local Government, Ogun
Identified as Felarun and Jelili, they were sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour without option of fine by Honourable Justice Demi-Ajayi of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta.
This was contained in a statement on Sunday by CSC Abdullahi Maiwada, the National Public Relations Officer on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs.
The Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, asserted that 11 suspects were convicted for committing offences of improper importation, assault of Customs officers, possession of Pangolin scales meant for export, among other illicit items, while some other smuggling and related cases instituted in the courts are at various stages of prosecution and would be followed up diligently.
It would be recalled that Felarun Oluwasegun and Fakorede Jelili were first arraigned in Court in May 2023 on a three-count charge and have been remanded at the correctional center in Abeokuta since then until their recent conviction.
