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

by Akan Ido

a 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.

Comments (5)

  1. So sad,,if it takes killing people to enforce your morals your morals are immoral.

  2. the law shuld have take onto their law.nt death sentence.this is fabricate.becos the charge is drug trafficking nt homicide.this charges is unfair.

  3. The drug laws in Malaysia is strict. Too bad he has to pay the consequence of the law of the land. It's a law and and if you do the crime the law will be put to use.

  4. This is nonsense and barbaric. When marijuana is legal in some countries, and this young man gets the death penalty. What are the so called world powers doing about this evil dehumanisation going on in the asian part of the world? I feel really bad over this rubbish!

  5. This is nonsense and barbaric. When marijuana is legal in some countries, and this young man gets the death penalty. What are the so called world powers doing about this evil dehumanisation going on in the asian part of the world? I feel really bad over this rubbish!

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