Buruji Kashamu Case: Court Decides He Must Face Trial For Drug Trafficking
An appeal filed by Buruji Kashamu, a chieftain of the Peoples
Democratic Party in Ogun State, was dismissed. The US Court demands
extradition and continuation of the scandalous drug trafficking case.
As reported by PremiumTimes, the United States Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal filed by a close ally of President Goodluck Jonathan, to quash his indictment for smuggling drugs into the US. Circuit Judges Posner, Kanne, and Tinder noted that because of “very serious criminal charges against him” Mr. Kashamu did not want to be extradited to the US.
Mr. Kashamu and 14 others in 1998 were charged by a federal grand jury for their alleged involvement in an international conspiracy to smuggle heroin into the US. But the politician, a major campaigner for President Goodluck Jonathan in the South West, allegedly fled to the UK where the efforts made by the US to extradite him failed, before he returned to Nigeria.
As reported by PremiumTimes, the United States Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal filed by a close ally of President Goodluck Jonathan, to quash his indictment for smuggling drugs into the US. Circuit Judges Posner, Kanne, and Tinder noted that because of “very serious criminal charges against him” Mr. Kashamu did not want to be extradited to the US.
Mr. Kashamu and 14 others in 1998 were charged by a federal grand jury for their alleged involvement in an international conspiracy to smuggle heroin into the US. But the politician, a major campaigner for President Goodluck Jonathan in the South West, allegedly fled to the UK where the efforts made by the US to extradite him failed, before he returned to Nigeria.
Campaign posters of Buruji Kashamu flood Ogun State. Photo: Twitter
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