Nigerian Man Living With HIV/AIDS Bags 2 years in Jail For Heroin Trafficking

A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced an AIDS patient, Adeyemo Babatunde Akanni, alias Adeyanju Williams, to a two-year jail term for attempting to export 1.595 kilogrammes of heroin to France.

Akanni was arrested with the drug by the NDLEA at the Lagos airport, on October 1, 2014 and slammed with a one-count charge of unlawful exportation of the illicit drug and later found guilty.
However, the convict's lawyer, in her plea for mercy, urged the court to pronounce a lenient sentence. She told the court that the convict was a first-time offender, who has shown remorse since his arrest.
The lawyer added that Akanni has consistently attended court proceedings despite his brittle health. To support her claim of her client's health challenges, she tendered a medical certificate dated May 13, 2016.
The report showed that Akanni was living with HIV/AIDS. Delivering the judgment, Justice Aneke sentenced the convict to two years in jail starting from Friday.