Two sisters caught smugglling marijuana to brother inside cell

Two sisters - Shade Oyetobi and Atinuke Adebanwo were on Wednesday caught by officers of the Nigerian Prison Services while attempting to smuggle 11 wraps of marijuana into the Ikeja Lagos State High Court holding cell for awaiting trial inmates.

The suspects who claimed they are orphans had intended to give the illegal substances for their brother, Babatunde Oyetobi, who was arrested during a street fight two years ago and is still awaiting trial. The sisters, who were handcuffed together, said they put money to get a lawyer for their brother and have been coming to court regularly to support their brother since his trial started, Punch reports.

One of the sisters, 24-year-old Shade, who works as a hairdresser, said the marijuna wraps were given to her by one, Jamiu, a friend of Babatunde.

"Actually, it was my brother’s friend, Jamiu, who sells watches that gave the stuff to me this morning for my brother...
"Jamiu called me on the telephone and gave me the drug. I don’t know where they sell marijuana, I don’t know how much they sell it and I don’t smoke."

However, the other sister, Atinuke, 32, who is married with three children, while crying profusely, said she wasn't aware of the arrangement.

"Oh my God, I don’t know that it is a crime to have the two of you as my siblings. Is it a crime to stand by you after the death of our parents?
"I don’t know anything about this whole thing. Please ask her; I am even sick, I was supposed to go for my treatment this morning."

The warder, Mr. A. R. Muhammed, who arrested the sisters, said the marijuana wraps were hid inside a black nylon bag and concealed with a pair of slippers.

"We demanded to know their mission as they were coming in and they told us they wanted to see their brother. We asked to see what was in the black polythene bag, but they said it was a pair of slippers. When we demanded to see the slippers, the younger sister became guarded.
"At that point, we ordered them to walk out if they were not willing to show us the slippers; but we became suspicious when they chose to walk out without seeing their brother rather than show us what was in the nylon bag. That was why we insisted on checking the bag, only to discover that they were trying to smuggle marijuana into the cell."

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