Abuja Group Hails Expulsion Of Buruji Kashamu From PDP, Calls For His Extradition To USA
Abuja based group, the Society for Rule of Law in Nigeria (SRLN) has
hailed the expulsion of Senator Buruji Kashamu, describing it as a
step in the right direction.
The group, which also called for the immediate extradition of Senator
Kasamu to the United States of America (USA) to face trial for his
alleged involvement in drug trafficking, said it was strange that
anyone in Nigeria, no matter highly placed will be afraid to go to the
United States free of charge as being done by Kasamu.
SRLN, in a statement on Wednesday and signed by its National
Co-ordinator, Dr Chima Ubeku, said it was laughable that Senator
Kasamu could still be insisting that he remained in the PDP after his
expulsion was ratified by the National Executive Committee of the
party, pointing out that “no one can impose a willing member on an
unwilling political party.”
The group said “no gathering of sane people should be happy seeing a
character like Buruji Kasamu, whose real identity is questionable in
its midst.”
It said PDP had done well be expelling Senator Kasamu, describing the
decision as a sign that the party was ready to purge itself of people
of questionable character.
The SRLN warned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) against
accepting Kasamu into its fold, noting that his activities since 2015
pointed to a desperate search for a safe haven in the APC.
The group reminded the federal government that Kenya recently
extradited four members of a drug cartel, to the United States for
trial for allegedly directing a major heroin trafficking ring in East
Africa.
It said now that the PDP has offloaded Kasamu from its fold, the
APC-led federal government should not be seen as protecting suspected
criminals who should be facing trial either in Nigeria or foreign
lands.
The group called on the federal government to immediately extradite
Senator Kashamu to the USA so that Nigeria can be washed clean of
complicity of is his alleged criminal acts.
