Attempted murder : Submit yourself for investigation, court orders Kashamu

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Senator
representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, to
submit himself to the police for investigation into an allegation
of alleged his attempt to murder a member of the House of
Representatives representing Ikene/Shagamu/Remo North Federal
Constituency, Mr. Oladipupo Adebutu.

Delivering judgment in a suit instituted by Kashamu, Justice
Nnamdi Dimgba ordered that the senator must honour all invitations
extended to him by the Special Investigating Panel set up by the
Inspector-General of Police to investigate the allegations
contained in Adebutu’s petition.

Justice Dimgba, who noted that the same special investigating
panel had been directed by the Inspector-General of Police to
investigate Kashamu’s counter-petition against Adebutu, ordered
that the police must ensure that the police must conduct the probe
in their facilities and not the houses of private citizens.

But the judge ruled that any attempt by security agencies,
particularly the police and the Department of State Service to
capitalise on the said investigation by arresting the senator,
incarcerating him and transport him to the United States of America
to face illicit drugs charges would be unlawful.

Adebutu had alleged that the Senator had along with some thugs
made attempted to murder him during Peoples Democratic Party’s
convention held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on August 16,
2016.

The member of the House of Representatives then sent a petition
dated August 22, 2016, reporting the alleged attempt ‎on his life
to the Inspector General of Police.

But in response, Kashamu wrote a counter-petition dated August
26, 2016, to the IGP alleging that Adebutu was instigating the
police and the DSS to abduct and transport him to the US in
relation to illicit drugs charges he had been cleared of and in
violation of court orders stopping him from being extradited.

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Senator
representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, to
submit himself to the police for investigation into an allegation
of alleged his attempt to murder a member of the House of
Representatives representing Ikene/Shagamu/Remo North Federal
Constituency, Mr. Oladipupo Adebutu.

Delivering judgment in a suit instituted by Kashamu, Justice
Nnamdi Dimgba ordered that the senator must honour all invitations
extended to him by the Special Investigating Panel set up by the
Inspector-General of Police to investigate the allegations
contained in Adebutu’s petition.

Justice Dimgba, who noted that the same special investigating
panel had been directed by the Inspector-General of Police to
investigate Kashamu’s counter-petition against Adebutu, ordered
that the police must ensure that the police must conduct the probe
in their facilities and not the houses of private citizens.

But the judge ruled that any attempt by security agencies,
particularly the police and the Department of State Service to
capitalise on the said investigation by arresting the senator,
incarcerating him and transport him to the United States of America
to face illicit drugs charges would be unlawful.

Adebutu had alleged that the Senator had along with some thugs
made attempted to murder him during Peoples Democratic Party’s
convention held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on August 16,
2016.

The member of the House of Representatives then sent a petition
dated August 22, 2016, reporting the alleged attempt ‎on his life
to the Inspector General of Police.

But in response, Kashamu wrote a counter-petition dated August
26, 2016, to the IGP alleging that Adebutu was instigating the
police and the DSS to abduct and transport him to the US in
relation to illicit drugs charges he had been cleared of and in
violation of court orders stopping him from being extradited.