Nigerian Guys Sentenced To Jail For Running Drugs Network In UK

Five men from Hackney who sold drugs in Cambridgeshire via two 'county lines' were sentenced to over 36 years' imprisonment, yesterday, Friday, September 21 at Wood Green Crown Court.

20-year-old Rashayne Hunter was previously found guilty of two counts of conspiring to supply a drug class (heroin and crack cocaine). Yesterday he was sentenced to ten years and six months' imprisonment.

Samuel Awoyera, 20, was previously found guilty of two counts of conspiring to supply a drug class (heroin and crack cocaine). Yesterday he was sentenced to seven years and six months' imprisonment.

Sherif Isiaka, 19, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply class A (heroin and crack cocaine). Yesterday he was sentenced to seven years and five months' imprisonment.

Jodeci Ofulue, 24, previously pleaded guilty of two counts of conspiring to supply a drug class (heroin and crack cocaine). Yesterday he was sentenced to six years and nine months' imprisonment.

A 17-year-old youth was previously found guilty of two counts of conspiring to supply a class A drug (heroin and crack cocaine) and one count of possession of criminal property. Yesterday he was sentenced to four years and four months' imprisonment.

The men, who have links to a street gang in Hackney, sold the drugs in Peterborough and Huntingdon via dedicated phone lines nicknamed 'Ricki' and 'TJ'.

They were arrested following a nine-month long investigation by the Central Gangs Unit, part of the Met's Trident and Area Crime Command

Nigerian Man Dies Of Suspected Drug Overdose In India

A 34-year-old Nigerian citizen died in mysterious circumstances in his rented apartment in Burari, India, north of Delhi, where he remained in a relationship of coexistence with a woman, an African citizen, police said on Wednesday, September 19.

Police suspect that the man, identified as Jim James, died of a drug overdose. However, they are waiting for the autopsy report to determine the exact cause of death. No foul play has been suspected.

Jim had been living in the rented accommodation since 2014. The documents he presented to the owner show that the man belonged to Nigeria, said a police officer.

"We looked for his passport or any other document that could determine the defendant's nationality, but we did not find it, we have contacted the Nigerian embassy to determine his identity," said deputy commissioner of police (North), Nupur Prasad. (in the photo)

Police said the incident came to light on Monday night, when Jim was admitted to a private hospital in Burari in an unconscious state by his partner. When the doctors asked her what had happened, the woman could not give a satisfactory answer, said a police official related to the case.

"We have talked to the doctors, they suspect that it is an overdose of drugs, the body has been stored in the morgue and we are waiting for a response from the embassy officials to proceed with other legal formalities," he added. Prasad

Former Rap Mogul Suge To Serve 28 Years in prison

Former American rap tycoon Marion "Suge" Knight has not responded to a charge of voluntary homicide for a hit and run incident in 2015.

The founder of Death Row Records made the statement to avoid charges of murdering a man and attempting to assassinate a second with his pick-up truck in Los Angeles.

Knight will be formally sentenced to 28 years in prison in October.

His record label helped launch the careers of artists such as Dr Dre, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg.


The 2015 incident occurred after a discussion about the creation of Straight Outta Compton, a biopic about the NWA rap group.

Under California state law, a declaration of non-competition is the legal equivalent of a guilty plea

Court sentence robber to Death by hanging in Ondo

The State Superior Court of Ondo, sitting in Akure, the capital of the state, yesterday sentenced James Ofem, a convict for armed robbery, to die hanged.

The court said that Ofem belonged to the famous robbery gang that terrorized residents, mostly motorists on the Ondo-Ore highway, and who had been on the security watch list for a long time.

Judge Williams Olamide, who pronounced the ruling, said the convict was guilty of two counts of conspiracy and armed robbery against him.

He said the witnesses alluded to the use of weapons by the defendant during his attacks.


According to Judge Olamide, the prosecution demonstrated the theft case beyond reasonable doubt with convincing evidence that the defendant was guilty of the crime.

Prosecutor of the Department of Public Ministry (DPP) of the Ministry of Justice, Wale Bamisile, recalled how Ofem, along with his gang members, on July 12 of last year, stole Adamu Mustapha from his CoolPad phone, his Infinix and Nokia phones.

Another witness, Sgt. Franklin Alabi of the Enuowa Police Station, who presented the evidence retrieved from the suspect, said the investigation into the matter revealed that Ofem was found guilty of the theft.

Another witness, Adamu Mustapha, said that he and a bus driver were attacked by the robber band of Ofem around the village of Liyetu on the Ondo-Ore highway.

He said: "My driver and I came across a barricade on the road from Ondo-Ore." Suddenly, out of nowhere, armed robbers came out and began to beat us mercilessly.Our clothes, phones and N52,710 were stolen.

"We reported the incident to the police station in the Enuowa Division in the city of Ondo, and a few days later they called to tell us they had recovered stolen items and arrested the guilty parties."