‘My Nigerian boyfriend planted cocaine in my bag’ – Russian woman facing execution alleges

30-year-old Maria Dapirka, who is facing a death penalty in Vietnam for being a cocaine mule has pointed an accusing fingers to her Nigerian boyfriend in her ‘farewell letter’ written to her mother. According to the Russian lady who has accepted she may soon be executed, she was set up by her lover, Nick who posed as a top footballer after they met in Thailand.

Dapirka, was caught with almost 3kg of cocaine by Vietnamese customs on a flight from Singapore, planted in her luggage by Nick — or ‘Chib Eze’ — who apparently has a penchant for seducing attractive young women before conning them into carrying drugs.

Daily News reported that 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 as her lawyers hope she will be freed after spending 3 years in prison.

In a letter to her mother Olga, a desperate Dapirka said she was ready for any decision by the court.

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.”