The extradition proceeding of the Senator-elect for Ogun East District, Buruji Kashamu has been stalled following the failure of the senator to appear in court on Monday, even as his supporters besieged the Federal High Court, Lagos, venue of the proceeding.
Our reporter observed that Mr. Kashamu was nowhere to be found in court as at 3pm, creating suspicion among waiting journalists that he may never appear for the proceeding.
The NDLEA, reacting to his absence said “Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu has failed to appear in court from his house where he is being closely monitored by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.’’
“The Agency is working hard to ensure that he submits himself to the due process of the law,” Mitchell Ofoyeju, the agency’s spokesperson said.
“His house remained cordoned by anti-narcotic officers pending his appearance in court.” It would be recalled that following the invasion of his house by the NDLEA, Kashamu’s supporters stormed the court’s premises Monday morning, cautioning against his arrest by the agency.
Speaking to journalists on behalf of the supporters, Yemi Akinwomi, a former Ogun State Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party said Mr. Kashamu revived PDP in the state, terming the siege on his house as an illegality. He said, “If it is America that tendered the extradition request, where is the extradition request?” Mr. Akinwomi asked.
‘’These people forgot that the world is watching us. Where is it done all over the world that you are going to arrest a man, a highly placed person, a senator-elect without a warrant of arrest and you force yourself into his house, into his private life and you have held him captive for the past 75 hours without any paper from the court? ”
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