Ogun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Buruji Kashamu, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of plotting to abduct and extradite him to the US.
Kashamu,
the Senator-elect for the Ogun East District, alleged that Obasanjo was
working with local and foreign security agencies to achieve the aim.
The allegations were contained in a petition filed by Kashamu through his lawyer, Ajibola Oluyede, and submitted to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
The
petition, titled “Prince Buruji Kashamu: Abduction plans by United
States of America’s agents in collaboration with law enforcement
agencies in Nigeria”, was addressed to the Executive Secretary of the
NHRC, Prof. Ben Angwe.
“The current plan to
abduct him (Kashamu) is an admission by the US authorities that there is
no case against him and is a design instigated and commissioned by
Obasanjo who seeks revenge against him for the comprehensive political
defeat Obasanjo suffered because of Kashamu in the PDP,” Oluyede wrote.
Oluyede
further urged the commission to intervene in the matter “in accordance
with the jurisdiction expressly given to your commission by the National
Human Rights Act 1995 as amended to carry out an inquiry into the
matter in order to establish the culpability and compromise of certain
institution in this despicable plan and to protect our client’s
fundamental human right to liberty, life and dignity of his person.”
“Kashamu’s
enquiry revealed that indeed there had been moves by US officials
within the region to secure the assistance of the head of the INTERPOL
division in Nigeria, Mr. Solomon Arase, a Deputy Inspector General of
Police, for the arrest and delivery to the US officials of Kashamu for
transportation to the US without following the due process required by
the Nigeria Extradition Act,” the petition continued.
Kashamu was reportedly indicted in 1998 for drug dealing in the US, a charge which he has vehemently denied.
No comments:
Post a Comment