A formal request for extradition from the Embassy of the
United States of America triggered the siege laid by operatives of the NationalDrug Law Enforcement Agency on Buruji Kashamu’s house in Lagos, Saturday, the
anti-drug agency has said.
According to the NDLEA, Mr. Kashamu’s house arrest was to
pave the way for his arraignment before the Federal High Court on Monday.
“Kashamu has been a target of both the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for over 20 years and was indicted in the
Northern District of Illinois, United States, on
charges brought against him by ICE,” the NDLEA said in a statement Saturday. Continue..
“Kashamu, who U.S. court documents allege was known in his
days as the leader of a prolific heroin trafficking ring based in Chicago,
Illinois as ‘God,’ ‘Daddy,’ and ‘Kasmal,’ is wanted to stand trial on charges
of conspiracy and importation of controlled substances, namely heroin, into the
United States dating back to 1994.”
A special team of NDLEA narcotic operatives stormed Mr.
Kashamu’s home at about 5 a.m. on Saturday to keep an eye on the Ogun East
District Senator-elect.
Mr. Kashamu had blamed some members of his political party,
including Bode George, a party chieftain, and his wife, as being behind the
raid by NDLEA.
A U.S federal grand jury, in 1998, charged Mr. Kashamu and
14 others for their alleged involvement in an international conspiracy to
smuggle heroin into the U.S
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