ESULAALU:

My friend,permit me to say this again like I rightly said earlier,I have been a situation like this,only I did not lose my life so it is ok for people to express their opinions and emotions the way they choose because you do not know where it stems from.

If at the end of the day it becomes a professional offence and they get charged to court,typical Nigerian style will the police not still be involved and what is the assurance that this issue will not be swept under the carpet? In Nigeria where anything happens and money indeed answereth all things?

On a final note,people need to understand one thing,the fact that you are so good at typing this here,no comment passes you by,you have to comment does not mean you are intelligent or smart.Some people cannot even hold a conversation yet they are so quick to hurl insults at every one here.

There is a reason why school of thoughts exists,everyone has their own opinion and is free to express it they way they choose.Do not castigate anyone for voicing their opinions please. It is immature.

afrodoc:

esulaalu i don't get ur point in ur 2nd paragraph.so do u mean they should be convicted of murder(which they are innocent of) cause they might be acquitted of negligence n malpractice(which might be their real misdeed)?

afrodoc: people just comment out of wild emotion or sometimes ignorance.Alcohol is the the most common date rape substance being used between 4 to 6 times as much as ALL benzodiazepines put together(and rohypnol is just one of several BZDs).
remember that this is a drug which is used to treat insomnia,anxiety e.t.c and this is is the use to which it is most put to.those guys could have as well used Lexotan or Valium or GULDER to incapacitate the girl,would people still come here to ask the pharmacists be charged for murder for selling Valium or BEER to customers? they should be punished NO DOUBT but for the right offence and by the appropriate authority.a murder charge is akin to killing an ant with an axe

afrodoc:

esulaalu i don't get ur point in ur 2nd paragraph.so do u mean they should be convicted of murder(which they are innocent of) cause they might be acquitted of negligence n malpractice(which might be their real misdeed)?

playah P:

U be mumu sha!
All this long story with good english!
And 2 idiots liked this huh!

ESULAALU:

Perhaps if we had to look into how Micheal Jackson's life ended then we might be able to pick some similarites no matter how small it is.



Think about it.

Look,let me tell you something,its so easy to judge from afar,if any one us commenting now was in that family's shoe,we will leave no stone unturned to ensure that those guys get purnished for that misdeed and we might possibly be looking at a jail term for them here.

Whether you like it or not or choose to accept, they have sold controlled drugs over the counter which has ultimately led to loss of life,whether or not other factors were involved is an addition,the drugs served as the foundation.This they could have avoided if they had done the right thing. I almost lost my life, in this same Nigeria all thanks to a 'qualified doctor' prescibing a drug which was already banned in most european countries all cos they wanted to control my blood pressure.So what would do you think my children would have done if I lost my life? Do you think the doctor would not have been held accountable? Forget about malpractice now,many people lost their lives because of things like this(I just had to tell my story) and it has to be addressed and as as matter of fact not just by the pharmaceutical council alone cos if they revoke their licence how about the millions of other chemists turned pharmicists over night,who sell postinor to pregnant women when it should be a contraceptive?

Oahray: @Ticklishmummy shut-up jor! Why on earth are most girls too wrapped up in their own emotions to think without bias? You think you are the only one upset by the murder? So if you were the judge, u'd sentence the pharmacists to death for selling controlled drugs? Why not arrest and jail Mark Zuckerberg too for making Facebook through which she met them? Try being reasonable at times. Its not too much to ask.

Super1759: Good judgement.

afrodoc: pls let the insults stop,its nt achieving anything.
@ticklish i am not trying to insult u or anything but don't u think its wrong to just say "this is my opinion and i am not willing to listen to any other point of view"? u should read the posts of the guys i mentioned earlier i.e coogar,babymama e.t.c on dis matter.and an informative and useful discourse would be achieved if u respond to those that have outlined d reasons why they disagree with you rather than responding to those who are just exchanging insults with u

Ticklishmummy:


I am not sure if I understand this post but shouldn't there be something called controlled drugs? drugs that should NEVER be made available to buy over the counter if it is possible to cause even the slightest harm to the human body.These drugs should ONLY be available by prescription.

FEEL FREE TO CRUCIFY ME PLEASE but this aint right!They should be purnished for selling out a potentially harmful drug JUST LIKE THAT!!

“there was no evidence where the pharmacists had an agreement with the first and second defendants to kill the late Ms Osokogu.”

Really?What a big stinking joke!! But they sold the killers a drug which was termed as an obnoxious substance (Rohpynol Flunitrazepam tablets) which by virtue should never have found its way to their shelfs. Why stock it in first place. I dont believe this is their first time really and this whole case just reeks of something I can't place my hand on.

Ticklishmummy: £

Thank you very much for this.I realised there were some really insightful comments on this thread and they did make a point.I do not claim to be perfect but that is not an excuse for anyone to insult me,I take objection to that and would not condone it.
We can all make meaningful contributions and make others see the point we are trying to make without being spiteful.In the part of the world where I stay,things like this are not taken lightly.I am pretty sure no matter how little it might have been they would have gotten some correctional purnishment (and their licence revoked immediately)because their carelessness has indirectly contributed to loss of life and it should serve as a warning to other who ply this line of trade.I might have come across as being sentimental in my line of reasoning but that should never be percieved as a weakness which is what has happened today on this thread.
So what if these guys had their licence revoked and then they go to another part of the country,open a chemist and they start these whole isshh again,cos by then anyway they wouldn't be liable for anything that happens to anyone(afterall they already have their licence revoked) so whose fault would it be?Truth is issues like these have to be properly addressed with a view to avoiding a further occurrence,its not like 100 people were involved in this case which means if they had to narrow the people involved they will still be named because they chose(as they would probably have always done) to sell controlled drugs without insisting on a prescription.
All being said,since there is so much faith in the pharmaceutical council I can only wait and see how this whole thing turns out but I honestly hope I would not have to say "but I said it then..."

Zeus I: This is wonderful move by the abdjudicating personnel, kudos. I was wondering how a mere pharmacist should be prosecuted when he/she was not an accomplice to the sheme to extol, molest or murder a (should be harlot) flirt. Pardon my language, albeit, its the truth. The direct participants should face the full wrath of the law, no other.

Ticklishmummy:


I am not sure if I understand this post but shouldn't there be something called controlled drugs? drugs that should NEVER be made available to buy over the counter if it is possible to cause even the slightest harm to the human body.These drugs should ONLY be available by prescription.

FEEL FREE TO CRUCIFY ME PLEASE but this aint right!They should be purnished for selling out a potentially harmful drug JUST LIKE THAT!!

“there was no evidence where the pharmacists had an agreement with the first and second defendants to kill the late Ms Osokogu.”

Really?What a big stinking joke!! But they sold the killers a drug which was termed as an obnoxious substance (Rohpynol Flunitrazepam tablets) which by virtue should never have found its way to their shelfs. Why stock it in first place. I dont believe this is their first time really and this whole case just reeks of something I can't place my hand on.

afrodoc:

well stated but i dont agree fully with you.cos its not the job of a judge to correct the mistakes of the Nigerian system.the judge can't say "oh because i know PCN won't do a good job in punishing this 2 men for NEGLIGENCE and MALPRACTICE and because i know they won't ensure these guys do not practice again if stripped of their licence i should convict them of MURDER".
things are not done like that.u can't wrongfully convict a man of a greater crime cos u suspect he will go unpunished for a lesser crime.

Zeus I: Arrant nonsense! This is the cause of anti-progress in our soceity, imagine what a rational animal is spilling. I might propose the banning of drug production in Nigeria because, some 'Obnoxious Substances' finds its way into the wrong hands, or better still ban the production/ purchasing of ammunitions by the Federal Government because some insane policemen issues the masses, now and then, the ticket of 'accidential discharge', right? This proposal is unacceptable to the bench for lacking substance and reason in the sheme of things, and is therefore declared null.*hits the gravel*kpooo!* the court shall rise!

afrodoc: and ticklishmummy pharmacies are allowed to and should stock rohypnol,it is just a sedative/anxiolytic/muscle relaxant like Valium and Lexotan.
stocking it on their shelves in no way contravenes the law and they shouldn't b vilified for that.their error was handing it to those guys without prescription(and by the way there a 1001 ways those guys could have come by a prescription too if they had to).
lets look at what really happened here.
1)the pharmacists sold SLEEPING TABLETS to someone without prescription.an unethical and unprofessional act which nevertheless is carried out by possibly more than 50 percent of pharmacies in the country.
is this the same as MURDERING or CONSPIRING TO MURDER someone? NO
2)lets not forget that this drug did not actually cause this poor woman's death,she was BEATEN to death.
the moment Cynthia was in the hotel room with those beasts she was doomed.what that drug did was enable them to rape her repeatedly,they would have beaten her to death with or without the drug

redcliff:

plx, who has licence to practice pharmacy in Nigeria? people just go into it because they want to start a new business and dont go thruogh the normal/formal procedures to be a pharmacist

afrodoc: you are welcome. i knew just wanted a clean respectful debate on d issue,however NL is no longer like that.we r all guilty anyway,i sometimes find myself sucked into the maelstrom of insults n ripostes too.
cheers n good to know i convinced u

Omexonomy: Why made dem go true pains and torture when the police new they were innocent.

Baby mama: See love