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Tope Ayanwale, a 34-year-old drug trafficker, fainted in court after being sentenced to three years in prison for drug possession. Two other accomplices received 15-year terms on similar charges.
A 30-year-old man, Lunghani Mhlongo, has been sentenced to 72 years in prison by the Limpopo High Court for murdering his girlfriend and their eight-month-old baby. The court has ordered the sentences to run concurrently, effectively making it a 25-year sentence.
Robert Orya, the former managing director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), has been sentenced to 490 years in prison after a court found him guilty of fraud involving N2.4 billion. The sentence consists of 10 years for each of the 10 charges against him.
