A 30-year-old Russian woman is currently facing the death penalty in Vietnam after been arrested which she claims was planted on her by her Nigerian boyfriend.
Maria Dapirka, who has accepted her fate but still hope she doesn’t get executed, penned a farewell letter to her mother claims her boyfriend who posed as a top footballer set her up.
Dapirka, who met her boyfriend known as Nick, while living in Thailand was caught with almost 3 kg of cocaine by Vietnamese customs on a flight from Singapore.
She said the drugs were however planted on her by Nick — or ‘Chib Eze’ — who apparently has a penchant for seducing attractive young women before conning them into carrying drugs.
Dapirka’s verdict and sentence was due to be handed down by a Vietnamese judge on Thursday in a Ho Chi Minh city court, but the session was postponed ‘for further investigation’ for the fifth time.
In a letter to her mother Olga, she wrote:
“Don’t worry about me. I am fine. I am ready for any end. I hope you will manage to visit me.
“I’ve not seen you for four years. I miss you so much! Please take good care of your health.”
Her lawyer Sunkar Nurmagambetov said:
“We have received Maria’s appeal. She addressed her family and said that she has not lost faith yet, but realistically, she understands there might be scenarios like a death sentence or life term.”
Pro-Kremlin news site Mash in Russia published a picture purporting to be ‘Nick’, the man she accuses of framing her after they met in Thailand.
A campaign organised by Maria Dapirka’s friends calling for her release alleged that ‘a whole criminal syndicate of Nigerian men work in Asia and all around the world, like Maria’s so-called boyfriend.
“They make up all sorts of stories, win trust, some even marry their potential future drug mules. Maria is not in this alone, there is plenty of girls like her who trust these men.”
Daily News