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Nigerian Footballer Theophilus Ugwu Sentenced To Death In Vietnam

Theophilus Ugwu, a Nigerian footballer, was on Tuesday sentenced to death for smuggling 5.92 kg of a drug called Methamphetamine from Cambodia into Vietnam.

Ugwu, 23-years-old who came to Vietnam to play football was sentenced by the People’s Court of Tay Ninh province for transporting narcotics which he said he was paid $1,000 to transport.

A Vietnam online portal, Thanh Nien, reports that on the evening of March 8, 2020, at the White Bridge post in Rung Dau Hamlet, Tien Thuan Commune, Ben Cau District, Tay Ninh Province, the Drug Crime Investigation Team of the H.Ben Cau Police Department coordinated with the Border Guard Station Moc Bai International Security Bureau caught Ugwu illegally transporting narcotics from Cambodia to Vietnam.

Inside the black backpack, Ugwu carried was a total of 12 plastic bags containing narcotics.

The conclusion of the assessment of the Criminal Technical Division of the Tay Ninh Provincial Police Department was that the drug is Methamphetamine, with a weight of 5.92 kg.

The defendant confessed that in February 2020, he came to Cambodia from Nigeria to live and work as a football player and that around March, 2020, in Phnom Penh City, Kingdom of Cambodia, he had contact with an African-American man named Idoko Okwunna.

Ugwu said Okwunna promised to help him play football for a famous football club in Cambodia and gave him money to spend.

On the afternoon of March 8, 2020, Okwunna hired Ugwu to transport a black backpack with drugs inside from Phnom Penh, Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City and hand it over to someone.

The defendant agreed and received a payment of $1,000. After receiving the backpack, the defendant went from Ho Chi Minh City.

He was caught while trying to enter Vietnam from Cambodia with the drugs red-handed.

During the investigation, Ugwu did not sincerely declare the act of illegally transporting drugs. The defendant claimed that he only received backpacks, not knowing that there were drugs inside.

Angela Davies

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