NDLEA formally applies for Buruji Kashamu extradition to US

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has formally applied for the extradition of embattled Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu to the US.

The agency said further that the notice of said application had been served on Kashamu.

This was disclosed on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, by NDLEA spokesperson, Mitchell Ofoyeju.


“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,” Ofoyeju said according to The Nation.

“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,” he added.

The NDLEA had launched a siege on Kashamu’s Lekki, Lagos home on Saturday, May 23, but failed to secure an arrest for lack of a warrant.

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A Federal High Court subsequently urged officials of the agency to vacate Kashamu’s home pending the determination of a suit instituted by him.

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