Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Friday, fixed July 2, to deliver judgment in one of the two fresh suits instituted by Sen. Buruji Kashamu to stop the Federal Government from extraditing him to the U.S. for trial over an alleged drugs offence.
NAN reports that Kashamu instituted three new suits against the Attorney General of the Federation , and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency , praying the court to stop the federal government and the NDLEA from arresting, detaining and extraditing him over the issue. Counsel to AGF Mr Gazali Tijani, told the court that the same plaintiff had in 2013 and 2014, instituted two different cases on the same issue against the Federal Government.Tijani, however, said that the two judgments of the high court delivered in 2015, were on May 4, 2018, voided and set aside by the Court of Appeal Lagos division.
The Anti-Drug Law agency claimed that the Senator who represented Ogun East Senatorial District in the 8th Assembly, allegedly imported the hard drug into the USA. “The counter affidavit is in respect of the fresh suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/536/2018 instituted by Kashamu and dated Oct. 16, 2018. “On March 16, 1994, the applicant was charged in the USA/Buruji Kashamu, among others No. 94 CR 172 following the seizure of 6.6 Kilogrammes of heroin alleged to emanate from him.
“That the paragraphs of the applicant’s affidavit that talk of exoneration of crime/charges of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs are false. “That the judgment of the High Court of Justice in suit CO/2141/2000 delivered on Oct. 6, 2000, was decided on an application for the exercise of the court’s prerogative writ.
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