Senator-elect Buruji Kashamu wanted for US drug deal 'arrested'
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Saturday surrounded the house of senator-elect Buruji Kashamu who is wanted by the US in a nearly 20year-old heroin deal.
Kashamu is under house arrest, according to the chairman of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade.
But Kashamu's spokesman, Austin Oniyokor said, "He has not been arrested but there is a siege to his house & an attempt to forcibly take him." He said the agents did not have an arrest warrant.
Giade said Kashamu, 56, will appear in a federal high court Monday to start extradition proceedings to the US.
He said agents raided Kashamu's home in Lagos at around 5 a.m, before dawn Saturday.
Armed agents were seen surrounding the property Saturday night. Kashamu has already been suing the court to prevent attempts to extradite him.
A Chicago grand jury in 1998 indicted Kashamu for conspiracy to import and distribute heroin in the U.S...[url=http://news24.com/Nigeria/National/News/Senator-elect-Buruji-kashamu-wanted-for-us-drug-arrested-20150524]Read More[/url]
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