Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development, a non-governmental organization said it has sued the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the Attorney-General of the Federation for their failure to extradite Senator Buruji Kashamu to the United States where he is said to be wanted over alleged drug trafficking.

In a statement made by the group on Wednesday, it said it filed the fresh suit, numbered FHC/L/CS/1045/2016, against the NDLEA and the AGF at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday.

The group said it believed that the Federal Government was protecting Kashamu from being extradited to the US, hence the reason for filing the suit.

The group also said it believed President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s fight against corruption and prosecution of corrupt ex-government officials would be incomplete if Kashamu is no extradited.

AIED said the US might also not cooperate with Nigeria because of Kashamu’s case.

It is urging the court to declare that by failing to extradite Kashamu, the Federal Government had breached the extradition treaty it signed with the US.

It said it also joined Kashamu’s political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, the US Embassy and the Senate as defendants in the suit.

The plaintiff is seeking a court order compelling the PDP and the Senate to notify the NDLEA and the AGF of Kashamu’s presence at the August 17 convention of the party slated for Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

But in response, Kashamu’s Media Adviser, Austin Oniyokor, in a statement described the plaintiff as a detractor, stressing that the allegations against Kashamu had been “found to be false by competent courts, both at home and abroad.”

Oniyokor said, “We know where this is coming from. It is politically-motivated and like other plots before it, it will fail. Senator Kashamu is not living in hiding. So, the issue of saying he will be in Port Harcourt for the August 17th convention or at the Senate does not arise. Besides, the extradition proceedings brought against him sometime last year was dismissed by a court of competent jurisdiction, meaning it cannot be filed again.”

Azeez