Chief Mike Ozekhome, a legal luminary, has said that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI cannot arrest embattled police officer, DCP Abba Kyari in Nigeria.
Ozekhome who spoke to Arise News on Monday disclosed that the FBI can’t just come to Nigeria to arrest Kyari without going through an extradition process.
“When America demanded Abba Kyari, I heard people say FBI can now arrest Abba Kyari. No, you cannot do that. Nigeria is a sovereign country for crying out loud, no matter how down in the doldrums we have become.”
“FBI cannot simply come here and pick up Abba Kyari. You must go through the extradition process as established in the Extradition Act of the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004. You have to look at Sections 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the extradition act.”
Speaking further, Ozekhome pointed out that this is not the first time Nigeria will be having a case of extradition.
“In 1963, Chief Anthony Enahoro was being looked for by the Federal Government of Alhaji Tafawa Balewa. They accused him alongside Obafemi Awolowo and others of committing a treasonable felony. Enahoro found his way to London through Ghana. He ran away.”
“So, the Labour Party with their new head, Harold Wilson made it a big deal and using the media very heavily to clamour that Enahoro be not extradited to Nigeria.”
“But the government of Harold Mcmillan who was the Minister was caught in between and in betwixt as to the respect for human rights of Anthony Enahoro and not to hurt Nigeria as a political deal. But at the end of the day, Enahoro was extradited to Nigeria and he was tried and jailed for 15 years. It was the Gowon regime that released him and Awolowo and put them in key positions in government so as to drive the country’s progress. So, extradition, therefore, did not start today.”
“Going through extradition, the Attorney General of the country has a crucial role to play under the Extradition Act, he and a magistrate, or under Section 251 of the Constitution, a judge of a federal high court. The country requesting for extradition, like the US, must make a formal request through its consular or representative in Nigeria, that we want this man in our country.”, he said.
Let DCP Abba Kyari go and clear himself since he has being claiming innocent. He should channel those explanation to the US govt rather than putting it on social media cos he was not indicted by social media but by Us FBI.
Was there any due process when Nnadi KANU was extradited?
Stop protecting evil, let him also expose the rest people involved inwhich we all are expecting, let him not face the music alone. The evil that men do leave with them