A federal high court in Lagos has sentenced Ajah Johnson Uchenna, a businessman, and Rosemary Uchenna, his wife, to a combined 22 and a half years in prison for running a large-scale cannabis trafficking operation from their home.

Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the couple was first arrested on June 13 by operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) in Ojo area of the state and transferred to NDLEA along with 277.5kg of skunk, a strain of cannabis.

“This led to a raid of their home and a packing store where 231kg of the same substance was recovered by NDLEA operatives on Tuesday, 1st July,” the statement reads.

“They were subsequently arraigned in charge number FHC/L/632C/2025 at the Federal High Court, Lagos, on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, dealing and storage of 414.2 kilograms of cannabis sativa.

“Delivering his judgement on the case on Monday 4th August, Justice Dipeolu convicted Mrs. Rosemary Uchenna on counts 1, 2, and 3 and sentenced her to 17 years in prison without an option of fine, while her husband Johnson Ajah Uchenna was convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment without option of fine on count one and six months in jail on count 4 with an option of N1 million fine.