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Kashamu files fresh suit in U.S. to stop ‘forceful abduction’

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Embattled Nigerian Senator, Buruji Kashamu, has filed a fresh suit at the United States District Court seeking an injunction ordering the U.S. to cease all efforts to abduct him from Nigeria or any other country.

In the suit dated April 9, 2015, Mr. Kashamu said if his relief is not granted, he is likely to be abducted and possibly killed or injured.

“The threatened abduction violates the treaty between the United States and Nigeria and due process under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” Mr. Kashamu said through his lawyers, Robert Cohen and Scott Frankel.

Mr. Kashamu, a Senator representing Ogun East, is wanted in the U.S. for his alleged involvement in an international cartel smuggling heroin into the country.

In 1998, Mr. Kashamu and 14 others were charged by a federal grand jury. 11 of the suspects pleaded guilty and were sentenced to various jail terms – most of them have finished their prison sentence.

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In his latest suit in the court for the Northern District of Illinois, Mr. Kashamu stated that he obtained a recent information about his imminent abduction by Nigerian officials working under the direction of U.S. law enforcement agents.

Joined in the suit are Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States; The U.S. Department of Justice; James Comey, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the FBI; Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

“This is an action for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief based on the information received by Plaintiff Kashamu leading him to believe that he will be subject to an imminent illegal abduction in Nigeria by United States law enforcement officials acting with Nigerian officials designed to transport him to the United States to stand trial on pending alleged drug offenses without going through the extradition procedures,” Mr. Kashamu’s lawyer said.

“Kashamu’s belief that he will be subject to imminent illegal abduction is based on specific information that he has received indicating that his political opponents are conspiring with the United States government to illegally abduct him and transfer him to the United States to ensure that he does not take his democratically elected position as Senator.”

Mr. Kashamu further argued that his abduction would be in violation of his right to be free from unlawful seizure and arrest and from the deprivation of life and liberty without due process of law, as set out in the extradition treaty between Nigeria and U.S.

In May, the senator had filed a similar suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos alleging that Nigerian security agencies were plotting to abduct him and forcibly transport him to the U.S.

Two previous efforts by Mr. Kashamu to get American courts to quash his indictment had been unsuccessful.

In 2009, Mr. Kashamu had, through an attorney in the U.S., filed a motion to quash his arrest warrant and to dismiss the indictment against him on the ground that an English court had found that he was not the one charged with smuggling drugs into the U.S.

Two years later, he filed a follow-up motion arguing that his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial had been violated and that the U.S. government had violated his Fifth Amendment right to due process because it lacked personal jurisdiction over him.

The U.S. District Court dismissed Mr. Kashamu’s suit, accusing him of doing everything within his power, including document forgery as well as political pressure, to frustrate his trial in the U.S.

Mr. Kashamu’s appeal was also dismissed the U.S. Court of Appeal, with the judges noting that the law maker did not want to be extradited to the U.S. to stand trial on the “very serious criminal charges” against him.

Sahara weekly online is published by First Sahara weekly international. contact saharaweekly@yahoo.com

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Oluyinka Replaces Odunlami Funmilayo as Ondo Police Spokesperson

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The Ondo State Police Command has appointed Ayanlade Olayinka Olushola as its new Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO).

He has officially resumed duty and will serve as the Command’s spokesperson, managing public communications and enhancing the force’s image.

This was made known in a statement signed by CSP Funmilayo Odunlami, the outgoing PPRO, on behalf of the Ondo State Commissioner of Police.

Ayanlade holds a degree in Sociology from the Nigeria Police Academy (Regular Course 2) and a Master’s in Criminology and Security Studies. Over the years, he has served in various roles, including as a Divisional Traffic Officer and Divisional Crime Officer.

He is also affiliated with international security organizations, being a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the International Association of Crime Analysts.

The Command also called on the public and media organizations to support Ayanlade in his new role.

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From Giant to Beggar: The Tragic Collapse of Nigeria Under APC Rule

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From Giant to Beggar: The Tragic Collapse of Nigeria Under APC Rule

 

By George Omagbemi Sylvester

 

Once hailed as the “Giant of Africa,” Nigeria now limps on broken legs — economically battered, politically rudderless, and morally bankrupt. It is no longer just the brain drain that should worry us; it is the soul drain. Nigerians — students, professionals, entire families — are fleeing not just to Europe or North America, but to Ghana, a nation we once dismissed as “small brother.” This is not just ironic. It is humiliating. And it is a direct consequence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) taking power in 2015.

 

From Giant to Beggar: The Tragic Collapse of Nigeria Under APC Rule

 

The APC’s takeover, starting with President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, marked the beginning of a free-fall. What followed was a decade of despair, capped now by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu — another APC patriarch — who has inherited and worsened the crisis. The result? Every airport terminal has become a departure lounge for the talented, the young, and the fed up.

 

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Anyone that intimidates,oppresses Natasha further will face grave consequences, prophet Ikuru warns

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By Collins Nkwocha

The prophetic hall of fame and Ambassador of peace,prophet Godwin Ikuru of Jehovah Eye Salvation Ministry has warned that those oppressing and intimidating senator Natasha Akpoti will be exposed if they continue to perpetuate the ungodly and derogatory act.

Speaking to newsmen today in Lagos, prophet Ikuru enunciated that God is not happy with the injustice the female senator has been subjected to “the injustice Natasha is facing is too much,they want to reduce her to nothing and rubbish her existence, what has she done?just because she cried out and told everyone what she has been passing through,I want to warn those who have been plotting against her sternly that anyone that intimidates or oppresses her again will face grave consequences “.

Prophet Ikuru maintained that Senator Natasha has been a good example and a great role model to women in politics “senator Natasha is loved dearly by her constituency because she is performing magnificently and allowing her people to feel the impact of democracy,no senator in that constituency has done half of what Natasha did within a year,why the plot to remove her unjustly through a manipulated recall,I,the prophetic hall of fame,I decree that anyone that is after your life, let the power of God scatter them, anyone that wants to disrupt Asiwaju government let God scatter them, anyone that wants to disrupt the government of Babajide Sanwo-Olu God will scatter them ”

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