Drug trafficking: Nigerian, accomplice jailed 37 years in S’Africa

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A Nigerian man, Victor Udoh, and his female accomplice, Vuyisekha Mzwakhe, will spend a combined 37 years in prison after a South African court found them guilty of drug trafficking.

PUNCH Metro learnt on Tuesday from Nova News, a South Africa–based online news outlet, that the 33-year-old Nigerian and his South African partner were convicted for orchestrating their drug-running operations through social media.

While Mzwakhe received 15 years for her role as a willing drug courier, according to the report, the Oudtshoorn Regional Court sentenced Udoh to 22 years—20 years for drug dealing and an additional two years for immigration violations.

The case, the report noted, began when “Mzwakhe voluntarily contacted Udoh through social media, offering her services as a drug mule to transport narcotics across South Africa.” Punch