Senator-elect, Ogun-East, Prince Buruji
Kashamu, was said to have threatened to kill
himself if officials of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) forced their way
into his house, yesterday, claiming there was a
court injunction against the NDLEA’s action.

Some of his friends who claimed to have contacted
him on phone between 7 and 9 am told Sunday
Vanguard that Kashamu said he would remain
indoors till Monday.

But the narcotic agency explained that the
operatives mandate was to put the politician, who
is also the Chairman, Organisation and
Mobilisation Committee of the PDP in the South-
West, under house arrest pending when he would
appear in court on Monday. The NDLEA
spokesman, Mitchel Ofoyeju , in a six paragraph
statement, yesterday, said: “A special team of
NDLEA has confined Ogun State senator-elect,
Buruji Kashamu, to his Lagos residence pending
his appearance in court on Monday, May 25, 2015
to perfect his extradition to the United States.
“The agency has commenced extradition
procedures against Senator-elect Buruji
Kashamu in line with the laws of country. He has
been in contact with his attorneys and will appear
in court on Monday.

“The residence of Buruji was raided by narcotic
operatives at about 5am today.

Further information will be communicated to the
media”.

But Kashamu’s media aide, Mr Austine Oniypkor,
described the siege on his principal’s house as
illegal, dismissing the claim that the NDLEA had
arrest warrant to that effect.

In a statement, Oniyokor said: “ Yes, at about
4:30am, some men, who claimed to be from the
NDLEA, surrounded the Lekki Phase 1, Lagos
residence of Prince Buruji Kashamu to allegedly
effect his arrest following a purported
extradition request from the US.

“This latest onslaught is a confirmation of the
alleged plot to illegally abduct him in spite of the
pending suit against this illegality. As a matter of
fact, the court has ordered parties in the matter,
including the NDLEA, to maintain the status quo
until judgment is delivered on Wednesday, 27th
May, 2015.

“We have confirmed that they do not have a
warrant of arrest, just as the office of the
Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and
Minister of Justice has said that it did not give
any order to carry out this illegality. We have
confirmed that this illegality is being designed and
executed by Chief Bode George whose wife is the
Director General of the NDLEA, all in a bid to score
cheap political points.

“We urge all well meaning Nigerians to prevail on
NDLEA, Chief George and his wife to toe the path
of the rule of law and follow due process. Nigeria
is not a Banana republic! The United States (US),
being the bastion of democracy, the rule of law
and due process should not lend itself to this kind
of illegality”.

Kashamu had, of late, alleged a plot to abduct and
extradict to the US to answer drug related
charges, citing information leaked to his lawyer
by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) close to the
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister
of Justice, Mohammed Adoke.

His travails began shortly after he fell apart with
former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the
control of the leadership of the PDP in Ogun
State.

Buruji had been in Obasanjo’s faction of the PDP
against the then Ogun State governor, Otunba
Gbenga Daniel, in 2008 .

After the emergence of President Goodluck
Jonathan via the 2011 elections, he was
appointed the Chairman of Organisation and
Mobilisation Committee for Jonathan’s re-
election in the South-West.

In his famous resignation letter from the PDP,
Obasanjo said that as the Chairman of an anti-
drug body in West Africa, he could not continue to
be in a party where a wanted drug baron was the
leader in his home state, in what many
interpreted as veiled reference to Kashamu.

In late 2014, the former president had launched
a book, ‘My Watch’, in which he described
Kashamu as a fugitive.

The senator-elect went to court – the same way
he had gone to court on several occasions-until he
secured the control of PDP in Ogun State,
obtaining an injunction restraining Obasanjo
from selling the book.

The order has since been vacated.

Kashamu emerged as PDP senatorial candidate
for Ogun East and was returned elected at the
general elections.

Since his victory at the poll, the high profile
politician has taken pre-emptive steps to
forestall any attempt to ‘abduct’ him for
extradition to the US.

On May 9, he sued the Inspector General of Police,
IGP and nine other individuals for allegedly
plotting his abduction.

In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Lagos,
the NDLEA Chairman; EFCC Chairman; Director
General of the DSS; the Attorney General of the
Federation were joined as co-respondents.

In an order made on April 17, the court directed
an interim stay of all actions arising from the
applicant’s claims to extradition.

The court ordered as follows: “In line with the
provisions of the order (iv) rule 4 (c)(iv) of the
Fundamental Rights’(Enforcement Procedure)
Rules 2009, the Respondents herein shall in the
interim stay all actions arising from the
Applicant’s claims capable of intringing on his
fundamental rights to personal liberty, freedom
of movement and association pending the hearing
and determination of the Applicant’s substantive
application dated 14/4/2015.

(2)That the Court’s decision on the prayers 2 to 7
endorsed on the Applicant’s exparte application is
hereby adjourned to abide the outcome of the
substantive motion on notice dated 14/4/2015.

(3)Prayer 1 endorsed on the Applicant’s exparte
application dated 14/4/2015 deserves to succeed
and it is accordingly grant as prayed. That the
Applicant shall serve the originating processes
and all other Court’s processes meant for service
in this suit on the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th to 12th
Respondents at Abuja, Federal Capital Territory
Abuja outside the jurisdiction of this Court.

(4)That the matter is hereby adjourned to the
4th May 2015 for hearing of the motion on notice
14/4/2015. Issued at Lagos, under the Seal of
the Court and the Hand of the presiding Judge
this 17th day of April, 2015″.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/i-am-ready-to-die-than-be-extradicted-to-the-us-kashamu/

Lol Like we care

Eya! I really pity this man.
But he keep saying he is not guilty, if he is not, then why not take a trip down to the U.S? Clear conscience, they say ''fear no accusation''


Some sanTANist keep saying that Tinubu is also a drug baron, yet he has gone to the U.S on several occasion.

This is gettin serious!!!....if kashamu is. really innocent ,he has nothing to be afraid of...that bode george is behind his travails is hilarious..I tot party members protect themselves..this season film will soon end!

Ok, noted.... pls do it fast.

All the better! Saves Nigeria & the US some resources!

RIP in advance.

you will not reach us alive,dont worry.okay.
Don't step on Obasanjos toes he will always bite back, GEJ is a living witness. Safe trip Buruji Kashamu to America, I wonder if Nigeria will see you again because I forsee nothing less than 30 years in jail.

In his famous resignation letter from the PDP, Obasanjo said that as the Chairman of an anti- drug body in West Africa, he could not continue to be in a party where a wanted drug baron was the leader in his home state, in what many interpreted as veiled reference to Kashamu.