US asked to absolve herself from the planned abduction of Chief Buruji Kashamu

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By Jerry Emmanson, Abuja

A Civil Society Organisation, African Civil Liberty Committee on Rendition has asked the United State Of America to absolve herself from the planned abduction of a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Buruji Kashamu to face drug related charges.
wpid-Buruji-Kashamu.jpgThe organisation, in a letter signed by it?s Coordinator, Mr. Sunday Philip, to the US ambassador in Nigeria, James Entwistle and dated May 15, 2015, accused some highly placed Nigerians of working with the US government to illegally extradite Kashamu, a Senator-elect to the US to face trial.
The organisation said, ?We are worried that the United States Government has not adequately distanced itself from these weighty allegations that it is an active part in a plot to commit illegality on the soil of a friendly nation, to wit abducting and rendering the national of the country in collusion with other Nigerians who have made it clear that they are on a vendetta mission.
?There have been assertions that a court in the United Kingdom, presided over by district Judge Tim Workman on January 10, 2003 declared in his judgment (after 3 years of diligent trial), had earlier vindicated Prince Buruji Kashamu for the same charges he is allegedly being sought in the US thus resort to underhand tactics by the Nigerians involved in the abduction plot. This judgment has not been appealed by authorities of any country. It is equally on record that an American judge, Charles R Norgle, District Judge of United States District Court for the Northern District Illinois, Eastern Division on the July 15th, 2010 ruled that Kashamu is not a fugitive. For Judge Norgle, who ordinarily has no basis to side with Kashamu, to have clearly stated that he is not a fugitive is an indication that there are untold stories on the Nigerians side.
?The Federal Government of Nigeria has also not proven that it has received any extradition request from the United States. The Federal Government admitted that much in a letter by the Attorney General dated January 28, 2015.
?From several news reports, statements and declarations from the personae involved, it is apparent that former Nigeria?s President Olusegun Obasanjo is an arrowhead in the abduction plot and it is on this basis that we implore the US Government to revisit Obasanjo?s recent democratic credential that include his failed attempt at tenure elongation as well as the war crimes he committed in Odi and Zak Ibiam to get the true feel of what is driving his present venture. Supporting him to realize his goal of exacting vengeance portends evil not just for Nigeria, which is working through a process of healing, but also the entire African continent, as it would set a precedent that would unleash nightmares on those who dare to question or criticize bad governance. There should also be thoughts for relations with genuine Nigerian partners and stakeholders if a soon to be inaugurated senator is abducted with the strong connivance of the US.
?We know the United States of America as God?s Chosen people and defender of the oppressed, so why this unholy alliance with the persecutor of mankind?? The statement said.

 

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