Kashamu Walks Free: Court nullifies arrest warrant, halts extradition proceedings

The plan of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to extradite the Ogun East Senator-elect, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, to the United States to face alleged drug trafficking charges has been stalled as a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has overruled the provisional warrant of arrest the NDLEA secured in their bid to extradite Kashamu.

The court made an order halting the extradition further proceedings in an application filed by the NDLEA before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Kashamu.

The judge equally quashed the move to arraign Kashamu on the extradition process filed by the NDLEA on April 28, 2015 and adjourned till June 19 for further hearing of all applications including the committal proceedings instituted by Kashamu against the Attorney General of the Federation and the NDLEA Chairman, Ahmadu Glade.