KashamuSenator Buruji Kashamu is wanted in the United States for drug trafficking and the American government has requested his extradition. The Senator ran to court and the Senate promised to help. Nigerian courts are seen as corrupt and easily influenced by the wealthy.
But this week, the Senate said it was now leaving the matter for the court to resolve, not its own committee on ethics and privileges. The committee is set up to cleanse the Senate of bad eggs.
In a statement below the Senate clarified its decision to no longer intervene.
Our attention has been drawn to several online reports that claim that the Senate has halted the extradition of Senator Buruji Kashamu. That report is not correct.
Please note that the Senate, following the report of the Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, only resolved that “The courts be allowed to handle the various aspects of the case before them without any interference.”
This explanation is simple, clear, and straight-forward.
Any other interpretation or conjecture made by any news media, as some online platforms have suggested, is simply mischief.
Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
Chairman, Senate Committee on Information & Public Affairs