The
Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) to vacate the resident and other properties
of an Ogun State Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu.
The Court made the order on Tuesday while ruling on an application filed by Mr Kashamu through his lawyer, Ajibola Oluyede.
The
application was for the committal proceedings of the Attorney General
of the Federation, Mr Mohammed Adoke and the Chairman of the NDLEA,
Chief Ahmadu Giade.
The application was filed on Monday. After
the filing of the case, Justice Ibrahim Buba summoned both men to appear
before him on Tuesday to explain why they disobeyed a court order to
maintain status quo on an alleged plan to abduct Mr Kashamu and
extradite him to the United States to face charges of drug trafficking.
Last
week Saturday, the NDLEA laid siege on Mr Kashamu’s Lekki residence and
placed him under house arrest. The spokesman of the agency, Mr Mitchell
Ofoyeju had told Channels Television that Mr Kashamu would be brought before the court on Monday for the commencement of the extradition proceedings.
The
NDLEA, however, failed to produce the Senator-elect in court as his
lawyers demanded to see the arrest warrant on which authority the agency
was acting, but the agency could not provide one.
After waiting
for the NDLEA to produce a warrant without success, Mr Kashamu’s lawyer
proceeded to ask the court to hold liable for contempt of court.
Credit: Channels
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