Family Of Condemned Nigerian In China Cries To President Jonathan

        

odogwuemekaodogwu.blogspot.com reports that family members of  a condemned Nigerian,  Mr Daniel Asadu  over drug related offenses in China has sent an Save Our Soul (SOS) message to President Goodluck Jonathan to persuade his Chinese counterpart to grant pardon to their son who is said to be about to be hanged in China.

Elder brother to the convicted Nigerian, Mr Columbus Asadu said that his family believed that there would be no saving grace except if President Jonathan would mount pressure on his Chinese counterpart to save the life of his brother who he said was so much loved by his mother.

He said that his family remained helpless as it was a case across international borders, adding that their mother could not withstand any news that her son was death.

Time is running out for  Daniel from Anambra State, who is
facing death sentence in China over alleged passport forgery and drug offenses.

Arrested by the Chinese security operatives in 2009 on allegation of drug-related offenses, Daniel was recently sentenced to death in Guangzhou and is expected to  be hanged any moment from now bet for any help from above if it comes fast.

It was gathered that Daniel was arrested together with three Chinese women for the alleged offenses as well as being an illegal immigrant in China.

His counsel in Gunagzhou, Mr Liu Shuhua was quoted saying that Asadu made a confessional statement to the security agents in China that he was the one that sent a Chinese girl to pick a bag
for him which was alleged to have items and drugs inside it.

In a letter addressed to Daniels's brother, Columbus dated December, 28, 2009, Mr Shuhua had disclosed that the case against Daniel was a difficult one based on the fact that
the convict had confessed that he was the one that sent for the bag
suspected to be containing substance said to be hard drugs.

Daniel's lawyer, according to the statement, said
that Daniel said he made the statement under duress, having been  forced by the Chinese police to make  to make it at gun-point. The
lawyer had pleaded with  the judge to temper justice with mercy.

“I went to Haikou and checked all the files and found out that for three times, Asadu confessed that he instructed the girl to fetch the bags. And this time,
he asked the girl to carry the two bags from four other persons now at large.

I also copied the recordings of the messages between the girl and Asadu. I talked with the judge and he told me that the case will be decided on the evidence," the lawyer said.

The family protested  that Daniel  had been condemned to death
by the Chinese government even as he was charged and
tried in Chinese language, a language he did not understand as to use it to defend himself.