Two Nigerians, Chukwuemeka Confidence Onyiriuka (born in 1988) and Ochie Paul Ejike (born in 1969), have been sentenced to death in Vietnam for illegal drug trafficking.
Ochie’s wife, Ly Moc Kiu, born in 1985, was sentenced to life in prison.
They were caught with a total of 3,922.07 grams of Methamphetamine and the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City, the first instance court, sentenced them.
Ochie knelt down to the jury twice, crying and begging for relief for his wife’s punishment. “The defendant accepts all responsibility and guilt on himself. I just want forgiveness and leniency for my wife to come back soon to raise children and take care of her parents,” the defendant said.
But, Onyiriuka did not admit to the act. The defendant said that the accused couple, Ochie and Ly Moc Kiu, had a conflict in their business, so they did not declare correctly. The defendant was invited to the house to play, not to buy and sell drugs.
Onyiriuka said the messages to Ochie were about diamond sales and urged to pay because the diamonds had been delivered to customers. However, in court, all three defendants argued that there was absolutely no diamond trading with each other.
On the afternoon of September 17, 2020, in front of a house on Quang Trung Street (Ward 11, Go Vap District), operatives of the Drug Crime Investigation Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department discovered and caught Ly Moc Kiu storing hard drugs illegally to sell to others.
