The accused, Dennis Konyeasor, a veterinary doctor, is standing trial together with his wife, Chidi Konyeasor on a four-count charge of dealing in a restricted narcotic - cocaine.
Ayodele, an exhibit keeper with the NDLEA, was testifying as first prosecution witness at the resumed hearing of the case on Wednesday.
Led in evidence by the prosecutor, Mrs. Tessy Asuquo, Ayodele told the court that after the substance was recovered from the premises of the accused, it was taken to the NDLEA laboratory for test.
He said a forensic analysis was carried out on the substance to ascertain its true nature, adding that the laboratory result showed the substance to be cocaine.
He said, upon this confirmation, he then took it for safe keeping to the exhibit room.
The court subsequently admitted the substance as an exhibit.
Justice Mohammed Idris adjourned the case to April 19 for further hearing.
The accused were arraigned on November 9, 2012 on counts of conspiracy, possession, illegal trade and distribution of the restricted narcotic.
Both pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Justice Idris then granted them bail in the sum of N5 million each with one surety each in like sum.
The prosecutor had told the court that the accused, resident at Plot 729, Atere Omole, Street, Ikeja, were arrested by officials of the NDLEA in October 2012, following a tip-off.
She alleged that the accused had sometime in July 2007, in Lagos, conspired with one Victor Keyamo, an ex-convict, to deal in about 3.3 kilogrammes of cocaine.
She said that the accused had also used their premises at Ikeja, as an avenue and hideout, for the storage and distribution of cocaine.
The alleged offence, she said, contravened Section 14 (b) of the NDLEA Act, Cap M13 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
Section 19 provides that a person who unlawfully deals in cocaine is liable to a term of imprisonment not less than 15 years and not exceeding 25 years.
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