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Kashamu Files Fresh Suit In U.S. To Stop ‘Forceful Abduction’

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Embattled Nigerian Senator, Buruji Kashamu, has filed a fresh suit at the United States District Court seeking an injunction ordering the U.S. to cease all efforts to abduct him from Nigeria or any other country.

In the suit dated April 9, 2015, Mr. Kashamu said if his relief is not granted, he is likely to be abducted and possibly killed or injured.

“The threatened abduction violates the treaty between the United States and Nigeria and due process under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” Mr. Kashamu said through his lawyers, Robert Cohen and Scott Frankel.

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Fresh Suit Against Buhari

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Hearing in two of the 15 suits filed against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja was on Monday stalled.

The suits were stalled following the inability of the defendants to serve their written addresses on one of the plaintiffs to the suit.

At the resumed hearing on Monday, Chike Obi through his counsel, Mike Ozekhome, informed the court that he had not been served with the defendants’ responses to the suit.

However, Buhari through his counsel, Akin Olujinmi (SAN), who led about 10 other SANs, told the court that their response to the suit had been served on the plaintiff.

The trial judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, later adjourned till March 19 to hear all the pending applications.

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Jonathan Sued for Not Being Legally Fit to Contest

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A fresh suit challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to seek for a re-election in the March 28 presidential poll has been filed before an Abuja High Court.

The plaintiffs, Prof. Tunde Samuel, Dr. Junaidu Mohammed, Rasak Adeogun and Yahaya Ezeemoo Ndu had earlier withdrew the suit before the Federal High Court. In their originating summons filed through their counsel, Yusuf Ali (SAN), the plaintiffs insisted that Jonathan is not legally fit to contest the impending presidential election.

The plaintiffs contended that allowing him to participate in the election would amount to giving him the opportunity to spend more than eight years in office, contrary to the provision of the 1999 Constitution as amended. The trial judge, Justice Ishak Bello, has fixed February 22 for hearing.

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