The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said that it had left the extradition processes of Buruji Kashamu to the office of the Attorney General of the Federation.
Muhammad Abdallah, the NDLEA Chairman, revealed that the agency is under the control of the AGF’s office.
Mr. Abdallah spoke at the donation of 11 pick-up trucks and vans to the NDLEA by the United States government.
Mr. Kashamu, a Peoples’ Democratic Party Senator representing Ogun East, is wanted in the United States for alleged drug offences.
Mr. Kashamu and the NDLEA were involved in a long drama in June last year after armed operatives of the agency laid siege at his home for two weeks.
Mr. Kashamu’s lawyer, Ajibola Oluyede, told a federal court that Mr. Kashamu hid in his apartment’s toilet for six days as 20 masked operatives of the NDLEA took over his bedroom.
It took the nullification of the NDLEA’s provisional warrant of arrest by a federal court, weeks later, before the agency’s officials left the senator’s home.
Last February, a federal court in Abuja restrained the AGF and the NDLEA from taking further steps to harass, detain, or abduct Mr. Kashamu.
”The NDLEA is not harassing Buruji Kashamu,” Mr. Abdallah, a retired Colonel, stated.
“We are an agency under the Attorney-General, once the Attorney General is involved in a matter we are, we must necessarily step aside for him.
“There are no two governments in Nigeria. The NDLEA is not an independent organisation, it’s an organisation under the Attorney General. The Attorney General is handling that, so we have nothing to say.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Yes, we know why - apc said you should discontinue, buruji will.work for them in future.
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