Senator Buruji Kashamu representing Ogun East Senatorial District has cried out that it will be illegality for National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to initiate any extradition proceedings against him over drug dealing allegations in the United States: “Such action would be prima facie wrong and illegal since two different courts within and outside Nigeria have absolved me of any wrongdoing and no authorities have appealed against the rulings of the courts.”

“Such cases against me had been dismissed by two United Kingdom courts and a Federal High Court sitting in Nigeria, which made the UK government to pay me damages. All that is happening is a farce with no legal basis. The allegations of illicit drug dealing in the US against me were baseless since I was never a fugitive and never visited the US, let alone dealing with issue of drugs. But what we are saying is that they cannot bring another extradition issue against me, because the ones they brought to London were dismissed; the one in Nigeria was dismissed.”

“I called on the Federal Government which believes in the rule of law, not to be persuaded to initiate any extradition process against me which would amount to abduction. I urged the government to defend the country’s territorial integrity, it would be wrong for British investigators to come to Nigeria to conduct investigations, or take witnesses abroad to testify.”