Kashamu’s extradition process not over, says NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said on Wednesday that it has not given up on ensuring the extradition of the Senator for Ogun East Senatorial District, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, despite his swearing-in at the Senate on Tuesday.

The agency has been at daggers drawn with the Peoples Democratic Party chieftain over a claim by the NDLEA that it received an request from the United State government, seeking the extradition of Kashamu over drug related offences.

In what it tagged ‘house arrest’, the anti-narcotic agency had deployed its operatives in the Lekki, Lagos residence of the politician for six days before they were withdrawn, following a court order.

A Federal High Court in Lagos, had in separate rulings, restrained the NDLEA and any other agencies in the country from unlawfully arresting and forcefully extraditing the Ijebu-born politician to the US.

Head of Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, on Wednesday, said the agency had complied with the court orders in respect of the case.

Ofoyeju, however, said the agency would explore legal means to achieve its aim.

He said, “We have obeyed court orders and he (Kashamu) had been sworn in. But the case is not over. He had gone to court to seek several orders to stop the NDLEA from proceeding with his extradition but we shall explore legal steps in the pursuit of the case to a logical end.”