₦airaland Forum

A North Goa court acquitted Nigerian national Manday Felix Odede in a narcotics case, 15 years after he was arrested at Calangute. No independent witnesses were examined.
The 465g of a narcotic worth Rs 23.3 lakh found on him was found to be cocaine after chemical analysis.

However, the 45g of MDMA worth Rs 90,000 tested positive in the spot test but negative after it was sent for chemical analysis.
“The prosecution failed to prove the yellow powder allegedly found in the possession of the accused was MDMA,” observed North Goa additional sessions judge, Sharmila A Patil.
The court further observed that the evidence of police witnesses was full of discrepancies and could not be considered in the absence of independent witnesses.

No independent pancha witnesses were examined to prove the raid, it stated. It added that as they are residents of Goa, their presence could have been secured or at least some efforts made to produce them before the court. “In matters of NDPS cases where punishment is stringent, the proof required is also stringent,” the court stated.

Although a police witness gave a “detailed narration of the manner in which the raid was conducted”, in the cross-examination, a very convenient answer was given by this witness with respect to the material facts of the raid, as ‘I do not remember’, which does not corroborate the facts mentioned in his chief examination, the court observed.

“ If he was present at the time of the raid, these details could have been deposed by him in the same manner in which he deposed the facts in his chief examination,” it observed.

nairalanda1:
Beerfraud, you should stop hating igbos.

You are getting to old for this.

beerfraud:
this is one of the reason why Agbotikuyo came distant 3rd in 2023 election; the people that supposed to vote for him were languishing inside different prisons in India and Indonesia

nairalanda1:
You can be better than this, old man young lady .

beerfraud:
my name is precious

beerfraud:
this is one of the reason why Agbotikuyo came distant 3rd in 2023 election; the people that supposed to vote for him were languishing inside different prisons in India and Indonesia

owobokiri:
The MODs that repeatedly push this guys anti igbo topics to the front page, are the ones fanning the embers of tribalism in this place. Everyone knows that the OP is nothing but a high voltage tribalist and a totally inebriated APCs Internet hirelings. So from the get go, his of no use and we all know! But on daily basis, as the presidential election nears, the op and his likes have started with their similar 2015/2023 propaganda tactics, which is to frighten the whole country with some crazy anti igbo stories hoping that Nigerianswill continue to grow warry of any seriouscandidate from the east. Devilish tribalism. Unfortunately, the MODs on this site have consciously made this place available for this kind of ethnic hate. I don't know how the management of this site do it; I mean you claim to be against tribalism, but will quietly allow the most virulent bigots to ply their trade unhindered here. That is wild..

owobokiri:
The MODs that repeatedly push this guys anti igbo topics to the front page, are the ones fanning the embers of tribalism in this place. Everyone knows that the OP is nothing but a high voltage tribalist and a totally inebriated APCs Internet hirelings. So from the get go, his of no use and we all know! But on daily basis, as the presidential election nears, the op and his likes have started with their similar 2015/2023 propaganda tactics, which is to frighten the whole country with some crazy anti igbo stories hoping that Nigerianswill continue to grow warry of any seriouscandidate from the east. Devilish tribalism. Unfortunately, the MODs on this site have consciously made this place available for this kind of ethnic hate. I don't know how the management of this site do it; I mean you claim to be against tribalism, but will quietly allow the most virulent bigots to ply their trade unhindered here. That is wild..

nairalanda1:
Whatever, hating people on the basis of tribe and politics will do you more harm than good.

oluwaseyi0:
They just wasted 15 years of his life