Chieftain of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, and Senator-elect for the Ogun East Senatorial District,
Prince Buruji Kashamu, has cried out to NHRC not to allow former president
Olusegun Obasanjo use his ‘powers’ to get him arrested in Nigeria and then
taking to US on drug charges.
Democratic Party, PDP, and Senator-elect for the Ogun East Senatorial District,
Prince Buruji Kashamu, has cried out to NHRC not to allow former president
Olusegun Obasanjo use his ‘powers’ to get him arrested in Nigeria and then
taking to US on drug charges.
Kashamu who petitioned NHRC on the
15th of April, begged the Commission not to stand by and watch his
fundamental human rights trampled upon at the behest of former President. Read
the detailed report by Vanguard Newspaper after the cut.
15th of April, begged the Commission not to stand by and watch his
fundamental human rights trampled upon at the behest of former President. Read
the detailed report by Vanguard Newspaper after the cut.
Chieftain of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, and Senator-elect for the Ogun East Senatorial District,
Prince Buruji Kashamu, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of
instigating foreign security agencies to apprehend him in Nigeria and extradite
him to the United States of America, USA, to answer to drug-related charges.
Democratic Party, PDP, and Senator-elect for the Ogun East Senatorial District,
Prince Buruji Kashamu, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of
instigating foreign security agencies to apprehend him in Nigeria and extradite
him to the United States of America, USA, to answer to drug-related charges.
Consequently, he has sent a
Save-My-Soul, SMS, letter to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC,
insisting that the subterranean plot to ‘capture’ him has thickened.
Save-My-Soul, SMS, letter to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC,
insisting that the subterranean plot to ‘capture’ him has thickened.
Kashamu begged the Commission not
to stand by and watch his fundamental human rights trampled upon at the behest
of former President Obasanjo.
to stand by and watch his fundamental human rights trampled upon at the behest
of former President Obasanjo.
It will be recalled that it was
Kashamu that p ersuaded Justice Valentine Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory
High Court sitting at Apo to order security agencies in Nigeria to confiscate
Obasanjo’s autobiography entitled “My Watch”.
Kashamu that p ersuaded Justice Valentine Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory
High Court sitting at Apo to order security agencies in Nigeria to confiscate
Obasanjo’s autobiography entitled “My Watch”.
It took the former President to
get the high court to vacate that confiscation order which had even prohibited
both Vendors and Libraries in the country from as much as touching the
autobiography.
get the high court to vacate that confiscation order which had even prohibited
both Vendors and Libraries in the country from as much as touching the
autobiography.
Kashamu had insisted that portions
of the book dwelt on his alleged involvement in drug pushing and an allegation
that he is a wanted fugitive in America, a subject matter he said had already
been surrendered to a competent court of jurisdiction.
of the book dwelt on his alleged involvement in drug pushing and an allegation
that he is a wanted fugitive in America, a subject matter he said had already
been surrendered to a competent court of jurisdiction.
Meantime, in his petition to the
NHRC, Kashamu urged the commission to
investigate the alleged move to abduct him and forcibly take him to the US to
answer to charges bothering on drug related offences.
NHRC, Kashamu urged the commission to
investigate the alleged move to abduct him and forcibly take him to the US to
answer to charges bothering on drug related offences.
The petition, dated April 15th,
2015 was written on his behalf by his
lawyer, Mr Ajibode Oluyede and
entitled: “Prince Buruji Kashamu: Abduction Plans By United States of America
Agents in Collaboration with Law Enforcement Agencies in Nigeria.”
2015 was written on his behalf by his
lawyer, Mr Ajibode Oluyede and
entitled: “Prince Buruji Kashamu: Abduction Plans By United States of America
Agents in Collaboration with Law Enforcement Agencies in Nigeria.”
The lawyer in the petition which was addressed to the
Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Professor Bem Angwe, stated: “Kashamu has instructed that we bring
certain important facts and records to your attention with regard to the
illegality of this plan and the malicious and unpatriotic motives of those
behind it and seek your urgent intervention in accordance with the jurisdiction
expressly given to your commission by the National Human Rights Act 1995 as
amended to carry out and inquiry into the matter in order to establish the
culpability and compromise of certain institution in this despicable plan and
to protect our client’s fundamental human right to liberty, life and dignity of
the person.”
Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Professor Bem Angwe, stated: “Kashamu has instructed that we bring
certain important facts and records to your attention with regard to the
illegality of this plan and the malicious and unpatriotic motives of those
behind it and seek your urgent intervention in accordance with the jurisdiction
expressly given to your commission by the National Human Rights Act 1995 as
amended to carry out and inquiry into the matter in order to establish the
culpability and compromise of certain institution in this despicable plan and
to protect our client’s fundamental human right to liberty, life and dignity of
the person.”
Kashamu told the Commission that
regardless of several decisions both in Nigeria and the United Kingdom which
exonerated him from the alleged offences, desperate politicians had been
putting pressure on the Attorney General of the Federation to resuscitate the
US indictment against him in Nigeria and to instigate an extradition process
against him on the accusations.
regardless of several decisions both in Nigeria and the United Kingdom which
exonerated him from the alleged offences, desperate politicians had been
putting pressure on the Attorney General of the Federation to resuscitate the
US indictment against him in Nigeria and to instigate an extradition process
against him on the accusations.
He maintained that the current
plan to abduct him was an admission by the US authorities that there is no case
against him. He insisted that it is
Obasanjo that is spreading a new witch-hunt net over him as a form of
revenge against him for the comprehensive political defeat he (Obasanjo)
suffered because of Kashamu in the PDP.
plan to abduct him was an admission by the US authorities that there is no case
against him. He insisted that it is
Obasanjo that is spreading a new witch-hunt net over him as a form of
revenge against him for the comprehensive political defeat he (Obasanjo)
suffered because of Kashamu in the PDP.
Kashamu told the commission
that the pressure on the AGF failed, a
situation he said was owing to the absence of any document showing that he
was indicted in the US, nor any
evidence that he was ever declared wanted by any authority in the US as required by the Extradition treaty in the
US and the Nigerian Extradition law.
that the pressure on the AGF failed, a
situation he said was owing to the absence of any document showing that he
was indicted in the US, nor any
evidence that he was ever declared wanted by any authority in the US as required by the Extradition treaty in the
US and the Nigerian Extradition law.
He said that several people close
to the AGF had warned him to watch his back because there were moves to have
him extradited to the US.
to the AGF had warned him to watch his back because there were moves to have
him extradited to the US.
According to his lawyer,
“Kashamu’s enquiry revealed that indeed there had been moves by US officials
within the region to secure the assistance of the head of the INTERPOL division
in Nigeria, Mr Solomon Arase, a Deputy Inspector General, for the arrest and
delivery to the US officials of Kashamu for transportation to the US without
following the due process required by the Nigeria Extradition Act.
“Kashamu’s enquiry revealed that indeed there had been moves by US officials
within the region to secure the assistance of the head of the INTERPOL division
in Nigeria, Mr Solomon Arase, a Deputy Inspector General, for the arrest and
delivery to the US officials of Kashamu for transportation to the US without
following the due process required by the Nigeria Extradition Act.
Enforcement at the American
Embassy route Des Almedies BP 49 Dakar Senegal and requested that INTERPOL
Nigeria assist in the abduction of Kashamu for the purpose of his forcible
transportation to the US to face trial before Judge Norgel”, he added.
Embassy route Des Almedies BP 49 Dakar Senegal and requested that INTERPOL
Nigeria assist in the abduction of Kashamu for the purpose of his forcible
transportation to the US to face trial before Judge Norgel”, he added.
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