The former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke on May 28, 2015 filed an application upon an alleged request from the United States government asking the Nigerian government to submit Kashamu for extradition.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole in his ruling held that he lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit in the face of the subsisting orders and judgements of the Federal High Court, Lagos in Suit Nos FHC/L/CS/49/2010 and FHC/L/CS/508/2015 restraining the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) from entertainig any extradition request from the United States of America against Kashamu on the basis of the same allegations which Kashamu had been exonerated by two British court judgements.
Justice Kolawole noted that the various judgements and orders of the British and Nigerian courts had not been appealed or set aside by an appellant court.
Justice Okon Abang of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court had on June 8, 2015 nullified the extradition proceedings which he said were initiated in contravention of an earlier order of the court.
Senator Kashamu's legal team included Dr. Alex Iziyon (SAN), Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN) and Prince Ajibola Oluyede while the Attorney-General's team was led by Mr. M.I. Hassan, a Deputy Dirrector in the office of the Attorney- General
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