Okeke Nelson Malachy
Okeke Nelson Malachy (1972 - 26 January 2007, Changi Prison, Singapore) was a Nigerian found guilty of drug offences and subsequently executed by the Government of Singapore. Malachy was convicted of capital drug offenses related to a scheme for the movement of a large quantity of diamorphine, which also resulted in the execution of Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi.
Arrest[edit]
Tochi was arrested on 28 November 2004, in Changi Airport in Singapore while in transit. Authorities became suspicious after discovering that he had spent more than 24 hours in transit. One hundred capsules of diamorphine were found on him with a total weight of 727.02 grammes (a bit over a pound and a half), estimated by authorities to be worth S$1.5m (US$970,000).[1] Tochi claimed that the capsules he carried were for a friend and insisted they were African herbs that tasted like chocolate. He swallowed a capsule to prove this, and police took him to a local hospital where he was given a laxative to flush the capsule out of his system.[2]
Malachy was arrested in Singapore after Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi was arrested on 28 November 2004, in Changi Airport, Singapore. Tochi arrived in Singapore to deliver the 'African herbs' to a 'sick friend' of Mr. Smith who Tochi had met at St. Andrew's Church in Islamabad.
Malachy denied being part of the conspiracy to import drugs, saying he came to Singapore to look for a second-hand car for use in South Africa.[3] He stated that he was in the garment wholesale business; he did not have any business cards on him at the time of his arrest.[3] He carried a South African passport, but officials believed he was Nigerian.[4] Malachy was subsequently classified as stateless by officials.[3][4] Later, the Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa officially denied Malachy's South African citizenship.[5]
Malachy's cellphone records and SIM card showed communication between him and "Mr. Smith", shortly after Malachy's plane from Medan landed at Changi Airport.[3] Smith's cellphone number was stored in Malachy's SIM card under the name "Dogo", another of Smith's aliases, according to Tochi. The actual identity and whereabouts of "Mr. Smith" remain unknown.[3]
Execution[edit]
Malachy was executed on 26 January 2007 at around 06:00 SST in Changi Prison, according to Stanley Seah, an assistant superintendent at Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau. He was executed together with Tochi.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Drug trafficker set to hang". News24. 19 January 2007. Archived from the original on 25 May 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2007. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "SA man may hang for R12m drugs". News24. 1 December 2004. Archived from the original on 9 December 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2007. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Elena Chong (22 July 2005). "Two convicted of heroin charge to hang". The Straits Times. The Straits Times website does not allow the public to access its articles more than a few days from the date of its publication. A copy of the news article can be found here. Retrieved on 23 January 2007.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "In Death penalty: African executions go unnoticed". Mail & Guardian Online. 13 July 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2007. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "No South African has been hanged". Independent Online. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2007.[permanent dead link]
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