A
36-year-old Nigerian man, identified as Alexis Zogbelemow, has been
sentenced to death after being found guilty of drug trafficking in
2012 in the Asian country of Malaysia.
Judge
Datuk Akhtar Tahir of the Shah Alam High Court handed the death
penalty to the accused for trafficking 824.1 grammes of
Methamphetamine after finding him guilty of the offence.
Zogbelemow,
a rental car operator, was apprehended in the main arrival hall of
Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, on February 28, 2012,
Daily Mail reports.
According
to the Judge, he will be the second Nigerian to have been sentenced
to death in recent time for drug offences in Malaysia.
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