Kashamu’s Update: Court Bars All Nigerian Security Agencies From “Unlawfully" Arresting, Extraditing Kashamu

The Federal High Court in Lagos has barred the Nigerian Police, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, the State Security Service, and the Nigerian Customs Service from arresting and extraditing to the United States wanted Ogun-East senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, for trial over drug related offences.

This ruling was pronounced this morning by Justice Okon Abang who ordered that all aforementioned agencies must comply with the letters of the Extradition Act if they must arrest or extradite the fugitive lawmaker-elect.

He however said that the court would not stop the police or NDLEA from its investigations or possible arrest and extradition of Mr. Kashamu but that must be done within the ambiance of the extradition act.

Kashamu had filed a fundamental right suit against the ‎Inspector General of Police, NDLEA, SSS, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the Nigeria Customs, the Nigeria Immigration Service, and the Chairman of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade.

 “The respondents cannot be perpetually restrained from arresting the applicants but are restrained from unlawful arrest of the applicant without compliance to the provision of the extradition act,” the judge said .

The judge further ruled that the Senator-elect be sworn in ‎as senator of the Federal Repubic of Nigeria by the clerk of the National Assembly