A group, Ogun Youth Alliance (OYA), has warned against some
surreptitious moves to trampled on the fundamental human rights of the
senator-elect for Ogun East senatorial district, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, urging the
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and other human rights groups not to
stand by and watch the rights of a
citizen being trampled on the altar of politics.
In a statement made available to journalists monday in
Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital and signed by the group’s coordinator, Oluremi Akinola, the group said it decided to
meddle into the issue because Kashamu is
presently holding the mandate of the good people of Ogun East and it would be
absurd to trample on the right of the senator-elect without recourse to due
process.
Kashamu, had accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of
working with local and foreign security agencies to extradite him to the United
States of America through illegal means.
The senator-elect, through his lawyer, Mr. Ajibola Oluyede,
said in a petition addressed to the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Prof. Bem
Angwe, said Obasanjo was involved in the alleged plot to extradite him to the
US over drug-related indictment because of the defeat the former president had
suffered in the PDP.
“We, at OYA, being kinsmen to both Obasanjo and Kashamu are
of the opinion that unnecessary pressures should not be mounted on security
agencies over a case that has been variously ruled on by courts both in Nigeria
and the United Kingdom exonerating Kashamu of the alleged offences.
“It is indeed, clear, that these latest measures were part
of the post-election blues that presented the lightweight nature of some
individuals in Ogun State, while it is not unexpected, it is, however,
appalling that these desperate politicians are even bent on watching their dirty
linens at the international level.
“We urged the NHRC to look at the merit of the issue and
also appeal to notable human rights group in the country to stand up and
conduct objective inquiry into the matter so that the fundamental human right
to liberty and association of the senator-elect is not trampled upon at the
behest of political interest,” Akinola said.
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