The former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island Local Government Area (LGA) Asekun Sakiru Kehinde has been  remanded in prison custody following his arraignment for allegedly exporting 1.000 kilogrammes of cocaine.

He was arraigned in a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday.

Recalled that Asekun Sakiru Kehinde was arrested on July 7, 2021, at the Departure Hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos during the outward clearance of passengers on a Virgin Atlantic Airlines flight from Lagos to London-Heathrow

Asekun Sakiru Kehinde was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on a charge marked FHC/L/99c/2021.

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