A federal high court
in Abuja, has granted the request of the federal government seeking to
extradite one Lawal Babafemi also known as Abdullahi Ayatollah Mustapha.
Mr Lawal was indicted of
conspiracy to provide support to a foreign terrorist organization in violation
of title 18 of the United States code and the United States has
requested that he be extradited out of Nigeria to answer charges of terrorism
proffered against him.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the
order after he confirmed from the suspect that he was not going to contest his
extradition to the United States of America.
In his ruling, Justice Ahmed
Mohammed said since the application was not contested by the suspect, the court
is satisfied with the request and application of the attorney general of the
federation as such, it orders that he be extradited to the United States of
America to face the indictment against him by the U.S..
He also ordered that Mr Babafemi
be surrendered to officials of the United States of America not later than
fifteen days from when the order was made in line with the extradition act
2004.
Justice Ahmed also ruled that Mr
Babafemi should remain in the custody of the department of state services until
his extradition.
The United States of America had
on the 26 of July 2013 made a formal request to Nigeria seeking the extradition
of Mr Lawal Babafemi also known as Abdullahi Ayatollah Mustapha to answer
charges of providing support to terrorist organizations against the United
States of America.
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