A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday further adjourned hearing until December 6 in a suit filed by Buruji Kashamu seeking to stop his extradition to the US to face drug charges.
Joined as respondents in the suit are the Inspector-General of Police, Commissioner of Police Lagos, Director-General Department of State Services, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF).
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Kashamu prayed the court to restrain the respondents and their agents from arresting or detaining him, in any manner whatsoever, or interfering with his right to personal liberty and freedom of movement.
In a supporting affidavit, the applicant averred that by a newspaper publication, the Attorney General of the Federation was reported to have alleged that the US government had been told to make fresh request for his extradition after the former proceedings were dismissed.
He stated that, in a proceeding instituted in England by US authorities between 2002 and 2003, it was established that he was not the one implicated in the alleged narcotics offence committed in the US in 1994.
He said that consequently, he was not the person sought after by US authorities.
Kashamu wants the court to restrain the respondents and their agents from arresting or detaining him, in any manner whatsoever, or interfering with his right to personal liberty and freedom of movement
Meanwhile, in a preliminary objection, deposed to by one Kareem Olayinka, the NDLEA claimed that the US authorities are currently seeking to extradite the applicant to their country, to answer charges relating to Heroin trafficking.
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He said that the US government made a request to the Nigerian government, for the applicant to be extradited sometime in May 2015.
The agency said that since Kashamu got wind of the extradition request, he had filed multiple lawsuits relating to the issue.
