Federal High Court Nullifies Kashamu Arrest Warrant

Federal High Court in Lagos state has ruled that National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) warrant of arrest as now being null and void, ensuring the agency can’t go after the Ogun East senator-elect, Mr. Buruji Kashamu.

The court also halted the extradition order following an application filed by the NDLEA before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Kashamu.

Buruji Kashamu

Buruji Kashamu

Kashamu, on Monday through his lawyers, Dr. Alex Izinyon (SAN) and Mr. Ajibola Oluyede, secured separate orders from both Justices Okon Abang and Ibrahim Buba of the Lagos Division of the court.

Justices Okon Abang ordered a stop to the extradition process and Kashamu’s warrant of arrest given by another judge.

Meanwhile, Buba ordered the NDLEA to restrain from arresting and arraigning Kashamu in furtherance of the extradition charges.

Lawyer, Mr. Ajibola Oluyede had presented an application seeking to nullify the warrant of arrest obtained by the NDLEA against his client.

Oluyede told the court that despite their rulings last week, the NDLEA had yet to end their moves to arrest, arraign and extradite Kashamu.

He then asked the judge to grant a fresh application, while NDLEA’s lawyer, O. Ichakpa argued that his client had not done any such moves.

Buba then ruled that the NDLEA “shall not in the face of subsisting judgement, orders of the court and processes filed and pending, enforce or put to effect the warrant of arrest dated April 25, 2015.”

He then also quashed the move to arraign Kashamu on the extradition process filed by the NDLEA on April 28, 2015.

The Judge then moved the hearing till June 19 for further hearing of Kashamu’s committal proceedings against the Attorney General of the Federation and the NDLEA Chairman, Ahmadu Glade.

Kashamu has been wanted in the United States of America for over a decade now over allegations of being a drug lord.

Kashamu is now the Ogun East senator-elect and had been under house arrest by the NDLEA.

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