Supreme Court in July this year commenced hearing on the appeal entered by Senator Buruji Kashamu against the judgement of the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos giving nod to the Federal Government to arrest and extradite him to the United States of America.
The appellate court had on May 4, 2018 set aside a Federal High Court order that perpetually restrained the Federal Government from arresting Senator Kashamu who is currently representing Ogun east senatorial district in the senate.
Court of Appeal had also set aside another order which nullified a warrant for Kashamu’s arrest and restrained the Federal Government to commence extradition proceedings against him.
Kashamu has been wanted by the U.S. government to stand trial for alleged importation of hard drugs into her country. Justice Okon Abang of Federal High Court in Lagos had on May 25, 2015, perpetually restrained the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and other agencies of the Federal Government from…
