Drug Case: Go To US on Your Own and Clear Yourself- Former Ambassador Advise Kashamu
A former Nigeria Ambassador,Folake Marcus-Bello has advised the embattled Nigerian Senator,Buruji Kashamu to go to United States of America and clear his name over the drugs allegation,rather than wait until he is extradited.
Marcus-Bello gave the advice to the Ogun State Senator,while featuring on a live radio programme,’Podium’ on Sweet F.M in Abeokuta, pointing out that,Kashamu’s lawyers should have advised him also to go and defend himself.
‘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’,she emphasised.
Marcus-Bello who is also a legal practitioner, encouraged Kashamu to consider himself,family and Nigeria,as a country to go and 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 who served in Zambia and Malawi, said it was shameful that,somebody at a level senator could be reported saying he would rather die and employ the service of Odua Peoples Congress,OPC,to prevent extradition.
‘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 been taking abroad. Why?’
On maybe Kashamu was of the opinion that both the British court and that of Nigeria have acquited him,hence no basis for his extradiction, the former ambassador,argued that,that would be a wrong impression.
‘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 right, 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 serve the punishment for that crime, you can go on 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’
‘I am sure you watch crime investigation on DSTV why is it that they apologise to some people they have jailed and they say oh the evidence then wasn’t right, why do they reopen file? Am just using him ha
‘He is my Senator from my constituency some of us from his constituency will escort him to ensure he gets justice.We know he will get justice it is an organized 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’.
