
Missa Bobbo, a former member of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, and a notorious drug baron, Bappa Madu, of Ngurore town have been sentenced to 7 years imprisonment each by a Federal High Court in Yola. Bobbo was arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) in connection with unlawful possession of narcotics in 2013 while Bappa, who has 25 children, was arrested in June 2015.
According to a statement by NDLEA spokesperson, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, Bobbo – who was a member of the House of Assembly in Adamawa State representing Leko-Koma Constituency between 1991 and 1993- was convicted for possessing 81.9kg of cannabis sativa while Bappa was found guilty of possessing 61.6kg of tramadol. During the sentencing, Justice Balkisu Aliyu described the involvement of the former legislator in drug trafficking as shameful.
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