Tag: Extradition
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Hushpuppi: FG working on Abba Kyari’s extradition to US – Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Monday, said the Federal Government may consider request to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America, USA. Kyari is to face trial over his alleged $1m scam involvement with
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Extradition case: Kashamu knows fate July 2
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Friday, fixed July 2, to deliver judgment in one of the two fresh suits instituted by Sen. Buruji Kashamu to stop the Federal Government from extraditing him to the U.S. for trial over an alleged drugs offence. The judge who was billed to deliver the…
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Extradition: Court fines Kashamu for delaying suit against DSS, NDLEA
The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered Senator Buruji Kashamu to pay N50,000 cost each to the Department of State Services (DSS) Director-General and the National Drug law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke awarded the punitive cost against him for delaying his suit against them and others. Kashamu is seeking to stop his…
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Magu meets UK authorities, commences Diezani’s extradition process
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has met with National Crime Agency in the United Kingdom to kick-start the process of extraditing a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The EFCC said in a statement that Magu met with the UK official on Thursday to also discuss…
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Extradition: Kashamu heads to S’Court, seeks overturn of A’Court ruling
The senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, has headed for the Supreme Court seeking to overturn last Friday’s judgment of the Court of Appeal, which reversed a restraining order that he secured in 2015 against the Attorney General of the Federation and several law enforcement agencies in the country. Kashamu had in…
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BREAKING: Appeal Court reserves ruling on Kashamu’s extradition
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Federal Government seeking the extradition of the senator representing Ogun East, Buruji Kashamu, to the United States of America. The Federal Government claimed to have received a request by the US Government to deliver Kashamu up for prosecution for his…
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Court fixes March 8 for hearing on Kashamu’s extradition
The Court of Appeal has fixed March 8 for the adoption of final argument in the extradition suit involving Senator Buruji Kashamu (PDP, Ogun). The Federal Government is seeking an order of the court to extradite the serving senator to the United States of America for trial in an alleged drug related offence. The court…
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Kashamu fires back at US Court, says no extradition case against me anywhere
The Senator representing Ogun East senatorial district, Kashamu Buruji, has said that there was no case of extradition against him anywhere in the world. TheNewsGuru.com recalls that Kashamu’s response is coming after a US court on Thursday, upheld the trafficking case against him and ordered him to be extradited. In a statement, Kashamu said: “two…