While speaking yesterday on ‘Legal
angle on Nigeria Info FM’, Nigeria’s foremost lawyer, Festus Keyamo said PDP shouldn’t
have given Buruji Kashamu a senatorial ticket in the first place, stating that
it was part of how they took Nigerians for granted and no wonder they got
defeated so badly at the polls. According to him, how will it feel when Kashamu
is finally asked to defend his drug charges case in the US. Wouldn’t it be an
eyesore for a senator to be shuttling between a criminal court and the senate?
He asked. Below is what he further explained on air;
angle on Nigeria Info FM’, Nigeria’s foremost lawyer, Festus Keyamo said PDP shouldn’t
have given Buruji Kashamu a senatorial ticket in the first place, stating that
it was part of how they took Nigerians for granted and no wonder they got
defeated so badly at the polls. According to him, how will it feel when Kashamu
is finally asked to defend his drug charges case in the US. Wouldn’t it be an
eyesore for a senator to be shuttling between a criminal court and the senate?
He asked. Below is what he further explained on air;
“Legally, Kashamu could
contest but this is a moral issue and I blame the PDP. The party seemed to have
taken people for granted because they got away with it in 2003 when they
presented a candidate from prison and the candidate won.
contest but this is a moral issue and I blame the PDP. The party seemed to have
taken people for granted because they got away with it in 2003 when they
presented a candidate from prison and the candidate won.
“Now, if Kashamu gets
convicted, what happens to his seat? If you miss a particular number of
sittings either in the Senate or House of Representatives, your seat will
automatically be declared vacant and a bye-election will be held to fill the
position.
convicted, what happens to his seat? If you miss a particular number of
sittings either in the Senate or House of Representatives, your seat will
automatically be declared vacant and a bye-election will be held to fill the
position.
“Now, Kashamu does not have
immunity and they are asking for his extradition. The fact that he is a
senator-elect does not stop his extradition. So, imagine the eyesore of a
senator who is sitting in the chambers to make laws and then shuttling between
a criminal court and the Senate. If he is eventually asked to be extradited, he
will be taken away and the seat will be declared vacant and the party runs the
risk of losing that seat.
immunity and they are asking for his extradition. The fact that he is a
senator-elect does not stop his extradition. So, imagine the eyesore of a
senator who is sitting in the chambers to make laws and then shuttling between
a criminal court and the Senate. If he is eventually asked to be extradited, he
will be taken away and the seat will be declared vacant and the party runs the
risk of losing that seat.
“So, it is the problem of
the party and this was the kind of eyesore we saw with the PDP that they just
took Nigerians for granted and did what they liked and they have seen the
result with their crushing defeat. They took Nigerians for granted for too
long.”
the party and this was the kind of eyesore we saw with the PDP that they just
took Nigerians for granted and did what they liked and they have seen the
result with their crushing defeat. They took Nigerians for granted for too
long.”
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