Nigeria and the United States have partnered to successfully extradite a US indicted defendant, Muhammad Khalid KHAN, to the US on April 28.
In a statement on Thursday by the office of the US Consulate General, it said the assistance of “Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice – Attorney General Abubakar Malami, prosecutors from the Central Authority Unit (CAU), and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)” was beneficial in the extradition.
KHAN had been wanted in the US for attempted narcotics importation, conspiracy to import a controlled substance into the US, and international money laundering.
The 31-year-old was arrested in Nigeria at the request of the US Justice Department pursuant to a federal arrest warrant issued in New York.
The statement said KHAN has been the target of multiple drug-related investigations including those conducted in Lagos, Islamabad, Pakistan and others.
“The U.S. Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the DEA Lagos Country Office looks forward to continuing a collaborative effort between the Nigerian Ministry of Justice and their Nigerian law enforcement partners in furtherance of identifying and bringing to justice transnational criminal organizations whom are determined to saturate our communities with illegal, and dangerous controlled substances around the world,” the statement said.
