Daga: Abbas Yakubu Yaura
Wata babbar kotun tarayya da ke zamanta a jihar Legas a ranar Alhamis ta yanke wa wasu masunta 20 ‘yan kasar Ghana hukuncin daurin shekara daya a gidan yari kowannen su bisa samunsu da laifin safarar kilogiram 13.670 na tabar wiwi daga Ghana zuwa Najeriya.
Mai shari’a Nicholas Oweibo ya yanke musu hukunci bayan samunsu da laifin hada baki da safarar miyagun kwayoyi ba bisa ka’ida ba.
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Masuntan da aka yankewa hukuncin sun hada da Francis Teye, Kweke Komel, Gad Adjah, Theophilus Tetteh, Kwesi Aboagye, Ekon Fynn, Kwamena Baah, Kwabina Adjei, Micheal Okutu, Isaac Kofi, Kweku Moko, Kwezi Adzi da Kweku Mensah.
Sauran sun hada da Micheal Kofi, Ekon Bentum, Kwesi Amissah, Joshua Huago, Otu Otipeseku, Isaac Yorsson da kuma Nana Kodwo.
An kama wadanda aka yanke wa hukuncin ne dauke da kwayoyi da aka dauko daga kasarsu zuwa cikin yankin ruwan Najeriya a ranar 14 ga watan Janairu, 2022.
An gurfanar da su a gaban kotu kan laifuka biyu na hada baki da safarar kayan ba bisa ka’ida ba.
Dan sanda mai shigar da kara, Mista Fingere Owen, ya shaida wa kotun cewa laifukan sun saba kuma hukuncinsu shi ne a karkashin sashe na 11 (b) da 14 (b) na dokar hukumar yaki da fataucin miyagun kwayoyi ta kasa.N30,na Dokokin Tarayyar Najeriya shekarar 2004.
Wadanda ake tuhumar sun amsa laifin da ake tuhumar su da su.
Bayan karar da suka yi kan laifin, mai gabatar da kara ya duba gaskiyar lamarin.
Owen ya kuma gabatar da wasu baje koli sannan ya bukaci kotun da ta yanke musu hukunci daidai da sassan da ake tuhumarsu da su.
Sai dai lauyoyin wadanda aka yankewa hukuncin, Mista Uche Okoronkwo, wanda ya jagoranci Calistus Onyewueke, dukkansu na Minerva Legal Practice, sun shaida wa kotun cewa duk wadanda ake kara sun kasance masu laifi a karon farko ba tare da samun su da aikata wasu laifuka a baya ba.
Okoronkwo ya shaida wa kotun cewa wadanda yake karewa masu kamun kifi ne, wadanda ake zargin wani abokin ciniki ne ya sanya musu kayan, wanda bai fada musu abin da ke cikin jakar ba.
Mai shari’a Oweibo ya yanke musu hukuncin zaman gidan yari na tsawon shekara daya kowanne.
Alkalin ya kuma bayar da umarnin a fara aiwatar da hukuncin daga ranar da aka kama su.
Sai dai ya umurci wadanda aka yankewa hukuncin da kowannen su ya biya Naira 50,000 a madadin hukuncin da aka yanke musu sannan ya bayar da umarnin a mikawa gwamnatin tarayya jirgin ruwan da ake amfani da shi wajen safarar haramtattun abubuwa.