The convicts, Mbechi Obiageli Susan, 38, and Obiora Boniface Okechukwu, 36, according to Justice Chukwu Evoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will spend seven years each in prison over unlawful importation of narcotics.
Justice Chukwu, in his ruling, said that both convicts would spend seven years each in prison custody for pleading guilty to unlawful importation of narcotics.
He held that the convicts showed sufficient remorse and that the court expected them to turn over a new leaf and contribute to the development of the country after completing their jail terms.
Mbechi Obiageli Susan, with Nigerian international passport number A00288396 claimed that she was three months pregnant when stopped for routine search on her way from Sao-Paulo, Brazil.
She had warned that being inspected scanning machine could harm her unborn baby, but when placed under observation, she excreted 51 pellets of cocaine weighing 900 grammes. She hails from Oduma village in Enugu State.
Obiora Boniface Okechukwu 36 years old who also arrived from Brazil was arrested for ingesting 91 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.6kg.
Chairman of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade who said said that he expects others to learn from their experience, declared: "Drug trafficking kills dreams. It is expected that others outside that are contemplating drug trafficking will learn from this sentence and shun the criminal act".
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