Edigin
Vivian, a Nigerian woman,mother of four, was yesterday sentenced to life
imprisonment in Tanzania after being found guilty of trafficking drugs worth
Sh289 million.
According
to Daily Post, Justice Aishiel Sumari convicted Vivian of trafficking
Vivian
said she carried the drugs because life had become too tough for her.
The
judge said the prosecution had proven beyond any reasonable doubt that the
accused had 15 capsules filled with cocaine in her luggage, and had swallowed
48 others, which she later passed out.
Justice
Sumari said the sentences should serve as a deterrent to others, stressing that
drugs were a scourge that was destroying society.
He
said no effort should be spared in fighting the menace.
