Two Britons, Oyedipe Adejuwon, Mhizha Tatendra, jailed over illegal drug deal

A Nigerian-born British citizen, Oyedipe Andrew Adejuwon, and his British collaborator, Mhizha Jordan Alexander Tatendra, have been sentenced to eight years in jail by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for the importation of Cannabis Sativa into Nigeria.

MHIZHA JORDAN ALEXANDER TATENDRA was charged with conspiring with other unknown persons to import 51.10 kilogrammes of Cannabis Sativa. OYEDIPE ANDREW ADEJUWON, also a British citizen, was accused of procuring MHIZHA JORDAN ALEXANDER TATENDRA to import the said narcotic drug from the United Arab Emirates.

Upon arraignment and reading of the amended charge, both defendants pleaded guilty. Following this, the facts of the case were reviewed by the prosecutor from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Consequently, the presiding judge, Justice Musa Kakaki, convicted both defendants and sentenced them to two years imprisonment on each of the three counts. The terms are to run concurrently, starting from the date of their arrest—14th May 2025.

The three-count charge, numbered FHC/L/421/2025, as filed before the court by NDLEA prosecutor Abu Ibrahim, reads as follows:

COUNT 1:That you, MHIZHA JORDAN ALEXANDER TATENDRA and OYEDIPE ANDREW ADEJUWON, both male, adults, British citizens, on or about the 14th of May 2025, conspired with other persons unknown to import 51.10 kilogrammes of Cannabis Sativa, a narcotic drug similar to Cocaine, LSD, and Heroin, and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 14(b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

COUNT 2: That you, OYEDIPE ANDREW ADEJUWON, male, adult, British citizen, on or about the 14th of May 2025, procured MHIZHA JORDAN ALEXANDER TATENDRA, male, adult, British citizen, to import 51.10 kilogrammes of Cannabis Sativa, a narcotic drug similar to Cocaine, LSD, and Heroin, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 21(2)(d) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and punishable under Section 11(a) of the said Act.

COUNT 3: That you, MHIZHA JORDAN ALEXANDER TATENDRA, male, adult, British citizen, on or about the 14th of May 2025, during the inward clearance of passengers aboard Emirates Airlines flight from the United Arab Emirates to Lagos at the E-Arrival Hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, without lawful authority imported 51.10 kilogrammes of Cannabis Sativa, a narcotic drug similar to Cocaine, LSD, and Heroin, and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 11(a) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.”