The Federal High Court in Kano is set to begin the trial of a 30-year-old woman Mrs. Joy Ogundare who was caught planting cocaine in a pastor’s house by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). According to the NDLEA Kano State Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, preliminary investigation revealed that Ogundare, who lives in the same compound with Pastor Richard Ekenne, was caught red-handed planting 2.2grams of cocaine in the apartment of Richard.In her statement, Ogundare explained that she wanted to implicate Pastor Richard because of the misunderstanding between her and the Pastor. In her words, “I am not in good terms with Pastor Richard. We even have a pending case at the Magistrate Court here in Kano. That was why I wanted to plant cocaine in his apartment to implicate him, but I was caught in the process by NDLEA Officers”.
