Friday, February 28, 2014

Drug trafficking: Nigerian student sentenced to death in Malaysia (PICTURED)

28-year-old Nigerian, Prince Bartholomew Obitube, has been sentenced to death by a Shah Alam High Court in Malaysia for trafficking in marijuana.

Obitube, a student with a private college in Kuala Lumpur was sentenced yesterday after a trial which lasted about three years.

He was reportedly arrested by police from the Gombak Narcotic Crime Investigation Department with 9,189kg of the illegal substance at Desa Satu Apartment, Gombak on August 20, 2011 after a tip off.
Tne convict was said to have tried to run away with a backpack containing the drugs when the police swooped on him. The offense, under the Dangerous Drugs Act in the country, provides a mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
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4 comments:

  1. harryFebruary 28, 2014 at 8:02 AM

    Hmmm! Wen wil all dis bad names 4 naija stop? But na just marijuana na? Dis law is so stiff... But I will our own government can follow our laws to book on foreigners too... Its in dis our country foreign employers beat up their naija workers n our human rite do no jack abt it....

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2014 at 8:46 AM

    So bad,, death sentence for marijuanan

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2014 at 9:01 AM

    Igbooooo jus dat? 4death sentenced? Ah!!! Dats 2bad!

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  4. UnknownFebruary 28, 2014 at 9:35 AM

    What is bad is bad...good for him....dey follow dere law

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