ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — A U.S. appeals court has upheld a ruling against a Nigerian senator who faces drug charges related to the hit TV show “Orange is the New Black.”

Chicago prosecutors accuse Buruji Kashamu of heading a heroin trafficking ring in the 1990s. Kashamu, elected in 2015 from Ogun state, argues that prosecutors want his dead brother instead.

In an April 2015 filing, Kashamu asked a district court to prevent his “abduction abroad by U.S. authorities.” The court dismissed the complaint, and the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ruling Monday. It said U.S. agents’ attempt to arrest Kashamu in coordination with local authorities would not constitute “an attempted abduction.”

A dozen people long ago pleaded guilty in the case, including Piper Kerman, whose memoir was adapted for the Netflix show.

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Nigerians don't really know the impact of war against corruption of Buhari administration,but internationally,it is meaningful.For instance,then it was of these names were reigning but now they are silence.

Let them hang him if the law says so. If it's in Nigeria, he will suppress the law through bribery.

Ftc

Afonja and drugs again...

Most Afonja leaders are ex-drug lords. .

Really? I've watched the series, but who played the senator's role in the series?

CHIJIOKE1314:
Afonja and drugs again...

Most Afonja leaders are ex-drug lords. .

Are you saying Tinubu, who was indicted in Chicago is the Jagaban of Cocaine Exporters?