The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar
Malami, and the authorities of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on
Saturday agreed with the Senate to halt the alleged abduction of the senator
representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, to the United
States.
Kashamu had alleged penultimate week that the anti
drug agency was conniving with the authorities of the US government to abduct
him from Nigeria, through unlawful means.
Kashamu’s lawyer, Ajibola Oluyede, had in a petition
to the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, claimed
that NDLEA operatives had perfected strategies to forcefully take him to the US
in order to answer drug related charges.
He had urged both the NDLEA and the office of the
Attorney-General to drop the alleged plan and follow the rule of law in
prosecuting Kashamu.
It specifically directed the two government
establishments to stay any further action on Kashamu’s alleged drug charges in
America, pending thorough investigation of issues raised in Kashamu’s petition
against them.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, the chairman,
Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Samuel
Anyanwu, said the parties had resolved to halt further action on the matter
pending the determination of the suit on the matter at the court.
Anyanwu said, “The Senate, AGF, NDLEA have
unanimously agreed to stop further harassment, intimidation, abduction and
extradition of Kashamu until the conclusion of the matter at the law court.
“We had also agreed that the rules of law and due
process must be followed in the case.”
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