29-Year Old Nigerian Student To Die By Hanging In Malaysia

Luke Nnaemeka Ugwu, a 29-year-old Nigerian student at a private college in Malaysia, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Malaysian High Court for drug trafficking.

The student who was found guilty of trafficking 725.4gm of methamphetamine in 2012 and was sentenced by Justice Datuk Abdul Alim Abdullah of the High Court Shah Alam on Friday.

Ugwu committed the offence at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport arrival hall in Sepang at 9.45 pm on May 15, 2012.