Following Setback in Their Trial

Six Nigerian nationals were yesterday returned to the State Central Prison in Banjul as their trial over drug trafficking charges suffered yet another delay.

The Brikama Magistrates’ Court was expected to begin hearing testimonies in the trial of the six suspected drug dealers but trial proceedings could not proceed because the lawyer for the suspects was not in court.

The six; Amachukwu Okarbi, Samuel  Nwaiwa, Okafor Francis Paul, Clement Ifeanyi Obiorah, James Nicholas and Edeh Banke Anthony were sometime this year arrested at the Banjul International Airport on suspicion of attempting to smuggle various quantities of cocaine from The Gambia.

The case resumes next week.