The National Drug Enforcement Agency said it had formally served the Senator-elect ,
Buruji Kashamu, a notice by the United States government demanding his
extradition for drug-trafficking offences.
The service was said to have been made on June 1, in suit
number FHC/ABJ/CS/479/2015 with a copy made available to the Chief Judge,
Federal High Court.
In a statement by its Head of Public Affairs, Mr.
Mitchell Ofoyeju, the NDLEA said the step was taken to show its respect for the
law.
It read, “In an application made to the Chief Judge,
Federal High Court, Abuja in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/479/2015, the office of the
Attorney General of the Federation is seeking the extradition of Buruji Kashamu
to answer alleged drug trafficking charges. This is in line with the
Extradition Act CAP, E25 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 (as modified by
Extradition Act Modification Order, 2014). The notice of the suit was
officially served on Kashamu by the NDLEA on June 1, 2015.”
It was also states that members of House of
Representatives, in a letter signed by the Chairman House Committee on Drugs,
Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Jagaba Jagaba, commended the development after
receiving a copy of the notice.
However, Kashamu’s media aide, Austin Oniyorkor, however,
said the notice was not served on his boss, but was dropped in his office.
He said, “The triumphant announcement by the NDLEA that
they have served Prince Kashamu with the extradition proceedings is not only
laughable but false. He has not been served. Rather, a copy of the process was
dropped in our office in Lagos
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