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Tuesday 18 August 2015

Photo: Vietnamm court overturns death sentence for Nigerian drug trafficker

A Vietnam court yesterday August 17th reduced a death sentence previously handed to 33 year old Nigerian man, Ejiogu Benjamin Ikechukwu, pictured above, for bringing methamphetamine into Vietnam, to life imprisonment.

Ejiogu Benjamin Ikechukwu was in June 2012 apprehended with 3.3 kilograms of the banned drug concealed in metal tubes and a laptop charger in his luggage as he flew to Tan Son Nhat in Vietnam.

When he was arrested, Ejiogu said he only planned to come to Vietnam to buy clothes to resell them in Nigeria and had no idea about the drug in his luggage. According to him, a man asked him to carry the tubes and the charger to Vietnam and that someone would pick them up.

A Vietnam court heard the case brought against him by Vietnam police in August 2013 and sentenced him to death, but he appealed the verdict. Vietnam Supreme Court then canceled the verdict, ordering a new investigation. Investigators could not track down the people who had used him as a drug mule.

According to Vietnam law, anyone convicted of smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine in Vietnam face the death penalty.
at 8/18/2015 09:26:00 am

42 comments:

  1. Bonita Bislam18 August 2015 at 09:36

    Hmm he should thank his stars.This should serve as a lesson to would be good Samaritans ( that's if its true).

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    1. Unknown18 August 2015 at 10:00

      Lucky him

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    2. Unknown18 August 2015 at 10:01

      Thank God for him. Dis is way better for him. Linda take note!

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    3. Unknown18 August 2015 at 10:01

      Thank God for him. Dis is way better for him. Linda take note!

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    4. aproko manager18 August 2015 at 10:02

      Prayers from home dey help am

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    5. Unknown18 August 2015 at 10:11

      His God is alive. He better keep thanking and praising Him. Others in Malaysia will give anything to have what he was given.











      #TeamBlessed#

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    6. knowurway.com18 August 2015 at 10:11

      Hmmm thank God. For his life, and is not his tim yet to die.

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    7. Unknown18 August 2015 at 10:33

      Wisdom! Wisdom!! Wisdom!!! I hope we all learn frm dis so dat we wil not fall victim to dis act. Its well wit our souls.

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    8. Anonymous18 August 2015 at 12:26

      Life imprisonment or death penalty which is preferable? Why not sentence the dude to death than let him rot in jail for the rest of his life?

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  2. Alloy Chikezie18 August 2015 at 09:37

    Lucky him.

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  3. Mr. Stretch18 August 2015 at 09:39

    My brothers just never learn!!

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  4. Unknown18 August 2015 at 09:39

    Hmmmmmmm death sentence kwahh stil ppl wil get mind go carry drug Nawa ooo all tnks 4 reducing it but life impri it's jst d twinny of death senten lolz

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  5. Unknown18 August 2015 at 09:41

    I wonder which is worst...

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  6. Unknown18 August 2015 at 09:41

    Chai,y guys dey endanger their life like this..for say this guy cool down find one small job dey do,e for better for am..sorry menh

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  7. Trendyify18 August 2015 at 09:42

    Okay






















    it is well

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  8. Unknown18 August 2015 at 09:42

    Merciful God

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  9. BONARIO NNAGS18 August 2015 at 09:43

    Thank God for his life.

    ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

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    1. Anonymous18 August 2015 at 10:07

      Thanks for not using that your "phew" this time around.

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  10. Blog It With Olivia18 August 2015 at 09:44

    He get luck







    #IT will ONLY get BETTER
    #it MUST end IN praise

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  11. gentle18 August 2015 at 09:44

    What's d diff btw death sentence and life imprisonment.

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    1. Unknown18 August 2015 at 10:36

      Check ur dictionary son






      *lib's namesake*

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    2. Unknown18 August 2015 at 13:20

      Lol, you cracked my ribs. Mummy Linda Okorie

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  12. Unknown18 August 2015 at 09:46

    Hmmmm hope he got the justice he deserve and I hope he must have learnt his lessons.

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  13. Jasmine Joseph18 August 2015 at 09:49

    Thank God for his life @ least he will not die like a chicken

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  14. Jasmine Joseph18 August 2015 at 09:49

    Thank God for his life @ least he will not die like a chicken

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  15. Jasmine Joseph18 August 2015 at 09:49

    Thank God for his life @ least he will not die like a chicken

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  16. Jasmine Joseph18 August 2015 at 09:50

    Thank God for his life @ least he will not die like a chicken

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  17. Jasmine Joseph18 August 2015 at 09:50

    Thank God for his life @ least he will not die like a chicken

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  18. OSINANL18 August 2015 at 10:01

    Thank God for his life

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  19. Anonymous18 August 2015 at 10:03

    So LIFE imprisonment is better than death sentence? OK!

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  20. Anonymous18 August 2015 at 10:05

    HE SHUD DANCE ETIGHI...TOMJERRYSWIT

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  21. Emerie18 August 2015 at 10:06

    Na all dz bad people wey no go gree person travel with beta reputation...piffle

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  22. skoolboy18 August 2015 at 10:07

    When there's life, there's hope;; prison break!! Good God..

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  23. ary18 August 2015 at 10:12

    Umuaka Igbo meru nu onwe unu ebere!!! Ego abu kwanu ife nile

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  24. Anonymous18 August 2015 at 10:12

    Hmmn! The way prisons in Vietnam are, by the time he spends 10 years, he will wish he had the death penalty instead.

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    1. Anonymous18 August 2015 at 15:04

      My thoughts exactly, Anon 10.12am

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  25. Unknown18 August 2015 at 10:17

    Like seriously, what's the difference? I pray he gets God's intervention soon...

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  26. Anonymous18 August 2015 at 11:07

    @annoymous 10.12am, Ave u been jailed in Vietnam b4?

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  27. Unknown18 August 2015 at 11:15

    His mum prayer is not in vain, very lucky.

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  28. jaykay18 August 2015 at 11:36

    Nigerian youth need to avoid situation that can bring us shame,let us be creative than looking for a way to get rich quickly.

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  29. omalichaspeaks.com18 August 2015 at 14:35

    His family's fasting and prayers have paid off. But he's still going to spend the rest of his natural life behind bars. And from what I've heard, Vietnamese prisons are a real hell hole.

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  30. Unknown24 August 2015 at 14:03

    Just 33 years old, life imprisonment cos of greed

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