A 35-year old Nigerian man, Abuchi Ngwoke, has been
sentenced to death for drug trafficking by a Malaysian Hight Court.
He was nabbed at a Malaysian airport and arrested afterwards
after being found with 251.66 grams of Mathapethamine which he swallowed in
Nigeria before boarding a flight to the Malaysian .
After being found guilty of drug trafficking, a Malaysian
High Court judge said Abuchi Ngwoke’s attempt to smuggle drugs into the country
by swallowing them was “absurd”.
Abuchi Ngwoke was today, yesterday November 25, sentenced to
death. A date has not been set for his execution.
He was charged under Section 39 (B) of the Dangerous Drugs
Act 1952 which carries a mandatory death penalty upon conviction.
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