A Nigerian that goes by the name Eliogu, has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Vietnam.
He was arrested in the city’s Tan Son Nhat Airport after arriving from Thailand, with the drugs allegedly found in 19 nylon bags hidden in a battery charger.
He claimed during interrogation that he had been asked by another man to carry some goods including 16 pistons and the battery charger to Vietnam and that he did not know there were drugs inside but he couldn’t to provide any information about the said man in court.