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Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by DailyAfricaGist: 5:05pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
LAGOS, Nigeria - A man indicted in America for allegedly smuggling heroin, in a court case that was the basis for the TV hit "Orange Is The New Black," has been elected a senator in Nigeria. Buruji Kashamu was little known before he returned home in 2003 from Britain despite a U.S. extradition order to become a major financier of President Goodluck Jonathan's party. Election results posted late Wednesday identify Kashamu as a senator-elect in southwest Ogun state. Opponents are challenging his victory in court, saying ballots were rigged. Kashamu, 56, hung up the phone twice when the AP called for comment about the drug case on Thursday. Kashamu has said he is "a clean businessman" and that the 1998 indictment by a grand jury in the Northern District of Illinois for conspiracy to import and distribute heroin in the United States is a case of mistaken identity. He has said Chicago prosecutors really want the dead brother he closely resembles. A British court refused a U.S. extradition request in 2003 over uncertainty about Kashamu's identity. Chicago Judge Richard Posner thought otherwise when he refused a motion to dismiss Kashamu's case last year. A dozen people were long ago tried and jailed in the case, including American Piper Kerman, whose memoir about her jail time became the Netflix hit "Orange Is The New Black." Kerman's book never identified Kashamu by name, but there is a West African drug kingpin whom she calls "Alhaji," meaning one who has completed the haj or pilgrimage to Mecca. A Nigerian federal court last year ordered Kashamu's extradition, an order upheld by an appeals court. But Nigeria's government has not extradited him. That failure caused Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president, to warn that "drug barons ... will buy candidates, parties and eventually buy power or be in power themselves." Jonathan's perceived protection of Kashamu was a factor that led Obasanjo to defect from the ruling party before recent elections to the opposition that won most votes in Ogun, the home state of Kashamu and Obasanjo. Kashamu is suing Obasanjo for libel for stating that Kashamu is a fugitive from U.S. justice. He had won a court order halting publication of Obasanjo's autobiography but a judge this week rescinded it, saying Kashamu had misled the court. Obasanjo's lawyer argued that the truth cannot be libel. President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, a former military dictator who had people jailed for littering in the 1980s, has promised to fight corruption, has many politicians fearful in a country where corruption is endemic. Source: http://dailyafricagist.com/discussion/3190/Trending 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by VintageCocktail(m): 5:14pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Opening of fowl nyash premiere this season. Wonder how Nigerians will react when NNPC and other corrupt crooks are exposed. 42 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by Vicotex(m): 5:19pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
dem say na collabo. E neva start una dey complain.... Watin dem come talk 4 tinubu case @ OP? 18 Likes |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by tit(f): 5:20pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
it has happen before. Tinubu was elected governor and senator after been sentenced by a US court for drug-dealing. 75 Likes 9 Shares |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by isan(m): 5:29pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Who elected drug baron as senator? these things only happen in nigeria 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by Nobody: 5:36pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
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Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by chynie: 5:36pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
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Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by veekid(m): 5:36pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
so? 1 Like |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by folabayo1(f): 5:36pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Corruption everywhere!!! 1 Like |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by hotwax: 5:36pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Marking my plot of land. Stay out 1 Like |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by sanandreas(m): 5:36pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Na only for naija 1 Like |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by Nobody: 5:37pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Gej we love PDP we stand enemies =APC go and diesouth south/south east+Ekiti for PDP enemies like it or not we refused to be part of Buhari government edo 2016=PDP 9 Likes |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by joystickextendr: 5:37pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by EagleScribes: 5:38pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Odaran! And this is someone who will rise up and say "I represent the good people of XXXX". Same o same. Evil can never represent good. The man is evil and it speaks volumes of the people he represents too. And as for the government protecting him, ride on. Your days are numbered This is evil made and patented in naija 4 Likes |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by crownprince102: 5:38pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Anything can happen in Nigeria.... A former convict is planning to seek a political post soon. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by imbless: 5:38pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Wow I made fp today |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by Ilekeh(f): 5:39pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
hmmm PDP, thanks for putting Nigeria on the map again. 6 Likes |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by Nobody: 5:39pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Only in Nigeria....can a crook aspire to higher office. Ah well....I blame the people who voted for him....not the man himself. Nigerians love their crooks. After...they will complain about underdevelopment....and blame the Hausas. (including the Hausas themselves). Nigeria is underdeveloped because people who call a spade a spade are enemies of progress. 16 Likes |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by luvcherish(m): 5:39pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Na wa oo |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by Anikulhapo(m): 5:39pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
That is it o,anybody that associate with Jonathan whether na criminal or murderer will surely be rewarded 2 Likes |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by lolu20: 5:39pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
after the party comes the show.nonsense |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by Nobody: 5:39pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
No cause for control everything is under alarm 1 Like |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by MadCow1: 5:39pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Jonathan's handwork 7 Likes |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by gistmelove(m): 5:39pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Ok |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by otswag(m): 5:39pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Only in naija |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by Bawsse(m): 5:39pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Naija! I cry for u |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by Nobody: 5:39pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
What a nation! What a people! Not surprised. Ibori comes to mind! 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by KUNZEH(m): 5:40pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Tinubu my role model- BURUJI K. 2 Likes |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by OkikiOluwa1(m): 5:40pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
Before opening this thread, I knew it was my brother Ahlaji Buruji Kashamu. Last Bullet Even the name resemble wicked person in Yoruba language 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria by gistmelove(m): 5:40pm On Apr 16, 2015 |
isan: pdp!gs and tanoid abi wetin dem dy call am 5 Likes 1 Share |
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