A Memoir to Tochi and Malachy.The young Nigerian that was hanged on account of drug smuggling about 2 years ago i Singapore.



We remember you,
Though you might have been wrong,
You are still one of our own,
We may not have seen you before,
But you have the spirit of our ancestors,
You do not have the spirit of wrongdoing,
You may be wrong,
But i think you do not deserve to die,
farewell again brother,
May your soul rest in perfect peace.

THIS IS THE STORY AGAIN,FOR MEMORY SAKE.

Tochi was arrested at the airport in Singapore in 2004, carrying almost a million dollars worth of heroin.

Malachy was convicted as the intended recipient of the drugs.

Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, 21, of Nigeria, and 35-year-old Okeke Nelson Malachy, a stateless African, were then hanged on the dawn of 27,July 2007.despite appeals for clemency by Nigeria's president, the UN and rights groups. Singapore has some of the strictest drugs laws in the world and a long history of ignoring pleas for clemency from foreign governments.Just over 3 year ago, the Australian government angrily condemned the hanging of one of its citizens convicted on drug trafficking charges.

Both men were hanged at around 0600 (2200GMT Thursday) at Changi Prison, officials said.

About 10 activists held an overnight vigil outside the prison compound, hanging a football shirt on the wall as a mark of Tochi's love of the game.



He maintained he had gone to Singapore to take part in a football tournament. (What if this is true)

On the eve of their execution, the Singapore government released a letter Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had sent to Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo.

"Mr Tochi's family will find Singapore's position difficult to accept, but we have a duty to safeguard the interests of Singaporeans, and protect the many lives that would otherwise be ruined by the drug syndicates,"
So Bad