A 28-year-old man, Ishyaku Abdullahi, was on Wednesday remanded at Ikoyi Prisons, Lagos after pleading guilty to drug trafficking.
A Federal High Court said the accused should be kept behind bars pending review of facts and sentence.
The accused, a goat seller, was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Abdullahi, who had no legal representation, had entered a guilty plea.
Following an application for remand by the prosecutor, Mr. Jeremiah Aernan, Justice Jude Dagat, ordered that the accused should be remanded at Ikoyi Prisons.
The case has been adjourned to February 19.
The accused was arrested on November 14, 2015 at Alaba-Rago in Ojo on Lagos-Badagry Expressway with about 8.4 kg of hemp (Cannabis Sativa) which he sold to touts at the market.
The offence contravened the provisions of Section 11 (c) of the NDLEA Act, Laws of the Federation, 2004.
Drug traffickers in Nigeria may get up to life imprisonment if they are convicted.
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