The embattled Senator-elect representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Prince Buruji Kashamu, on Wednesday buttressed the claim that the NDLEA sent its operatives to London to give evidence in his favour in 2002, even as he accused the drug law enforcement agency of double speak in its attempt to extradite him.
Kashamu, through his media adviser, Austin Oniyokor, alleged in a statement that the same NDLEA had testified in his favour in the British courts.
Reacting to the disclosure by the agency that they had served the senator-elect with his extradition notice, the statement queried its propriety when it is not a court bailiff.
On the revelation by Kashamu’s lawyer, Barrister Ajibola Oluyede, that the NDLEA sent its operatives to London to give evidence in favour of Prince Kashamu in 2002, the senator-elect attached the letter written by the NDLEA Chairman mandating its officials to go the Bow Street Magistrate Court, London, to go and testify in the matter on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
“It should be noted that the evidence that the NDLEA gave was to the effect that Prince Buruji Kashamu is not the person wanted for the drug-related offences.
“This, among other pieces of evidence, resulted in the conclusion of the British courts that it was a case of mistaken identity.
“Even here in Nigeria, the NDLEA has made several depositions and averments on oath exonerating Prince Kashamu of any drug allegations.
“So the question is: can the NDLEA take two different positions on the same matter in respect of the same person? How it intends to wriggle out of the intricate web of intrigues it has boxed itself remains to be seen,” the statement declared. – Thisday.
