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Nigerian ambassador and legal practitioner has urged the embattled
People's Democratic Party chieftain, Kashamu to head to the U.S to clear
his name of drug trafficking accusations.
Buruji Kashamu
Diplomat, Folake Marcus-Bello, has advised Nigerian senator, Buruji
Kashamu, to voluntarily go to the United States of America and clear
his name over the drugs allegation against him, rather than wait until
he is extradited.
Ms. Marcus-Bello gave the advice while featuring on a live radio
programme on Sweet FM in Abeokuta. She said Mr. Kashamu’s lawyers should
have advised him also to go and defend himself, Premium Times reports.
“Crime does not go away, it does not expire. It will continue
to rear its head, nobody can claim he is guilty or innocent until he
goes to clear this mess,” Marcus-Bello who served as Nigeria’s ambassador to Zambia and Malawi said.
Ms. Marcus-Bello, who is also a legal practitioner, encouraged Mr.
Kashamu to consider the reputation of himself, family and Nigeria as a
country to clear his name.
“For the sake of himself, his family, his constituency of
hardworking, honest Ijebus, he should travel to get justice. It is
simple, if they are looking for you, buy a ticket and go defend
yourself.
“It is like they say they are looking for Folake Marcus Bello
for children trafficking. I would buy a ticket and go to the embassy and
say ‘here I am, please give me a visa let me go"
The former Ambassador said some of the statements credited to Mr. Kashamu were shameful.
“It is shameful that somebody at that level, a senator of the
Republic of Nigeria representing my constituents in Ogun State would say
he would rather die, call up the private army of OPC to fight rather
than being taken abroad. Why?”
On Mr. Kashamu’s contention that Nigerian and British courts had
acquitted him, the former ambassador argued that it was a faulty
argument.
“Look let me tell you, I am a lawyer. Crime never goes away.
This is mistake a lot of people make and it is also part of our problem
in this country; we don’t know the law, we don’t know our rights, we
don’t read, we don’t learn. It is a simple matter.
“Crime does not go away. If you have committed a crime and you
have not served the punishment for that crime, let us assume you
committed a crime at age 21, you can go on till you are 90, the day you
are caught you will be tried and you will serve the punishment.
“He is my Senator, some of us from his constituency will escort
him to ensure he gets justice. We know he will get justice, it is an
organised society. Let him clear this for the sake of Ogun State, for
the sake of Ijebus for the sake of Nigeria. It is just a question of
taking a flight to defend himself”.
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