Judge reveals how NDLEA allegedly concealed assets seized from jailed drug barons

A judge of the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, has revealed how the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) allegedly under-disclosed the assets seized from some jailed drug barons.

But the NDLEA denied concealing any assets seized from the convicts in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Friday.

PREMIUM TIMES had reported how the judge, Okon Abang, sentenced the nine drug barons to 10 years in jail, on Tuesday, and rebuked the agency for blocking stiffer punishment for them.

The convicts include five Nigerians – Anthony Umolu, Chibi Aruh, Izuchukwu Anieto, Williams Agusi and Augustine Koisochukwu Umolu – with four internationally-wanted Mexican conspirators.

The Mexicans are Cervantos Bruno, Rivas Pstiano, Castillo Cristobal and Patida Pedro.

They were all caught in March 2016 at a “clandestine” laboratory in Asaba, Delta State, where they were producing a cocaine-like substance – methamphetamine, with evidence also showing they were operating a…