Dr. Kayode Ajulo, a constitutional lawyer, Nigeria is a sovereign nation, and no Nigerian citizen can be extradited without first complying with the law.
This was stated by Ajulo in response to the approval of the Federal Government’s request to extradite the suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to the United States.
Remember that the Federal Government had approved a request to extradite to the United States the suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari.
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Ajulo stated that no one could be extradited from Nigeria unless the law was followed, and that an application must be filed at the Federal High Court.
He stated that now that the Federal Government has petitioned the Federal High Court for Kyari’s extradition to the United States, his extradition would not infringe on Nigeria’s sovereignty.
“I do not agree that Abba Kyari’s extradition will infringe on our sovereignty; whatever the case may be, the Federal Government and the United States government have some bilateral agreements,” Ajulo told reporters in Abuja on Monday.
“One thing I know is that Nigeria is not a banana republic; Nigeria is a country with a legal foundation,” he said.
According to Ajulo, “if any American intelligence agent flouts our law and there is a need for his extradition, Nigeria will make the application.”
According to him, the law has no regard for anyone, and thus anyone who violates it will face the full force of the law.
The US government had asked for Kyari’s extradition in connection with an alleged 1.1 million dollar wire fraud involving Abass Ramon (Hushpuppi) and four others.
