MONEY LAUNDERING: Lawyer asks court to restrain Nigerian govt from extraditing Onyema to US

The Federal Government has been sued for allegedly trying to extradite the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, to the United States, to stand trial for alleged fraud.

Human rights activist, Johnmary Jideobi, in a petition filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja prayed the court to stop the federal government from making any attempt to ferry Onyema to the US on the request of the American government for whatever reason.

The Abuja-based lawyer also requested for an order restraining any agency of government with prosecutorial powers as represented by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) either by themselves, their servants, privies, assigns or any other person or authority acting under any concerts from attempting to use or seeking to harass, threaten, arrest or inviting or arresting Onyema in relations to civil aviation contract he entered with American authorities through his companies.

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The fundamental human rights enforcement suit against AGF was filed by the human rights activist as a concerned Nigerian citizen.

In the suit with Reference No.: FHC/ABJ/CS/1446/2019, the activist also sought the court order barring government, its agencies, servants of privies from giving effect to any extradition request from any country of the world especially the US anchored on any indictment or charges reflecting in substance or similar fact as contained in the US extradition request against Onyema.

The court was also urged to make any other order or orders as circumstances in his situation may warrant.

No date has yet been fixed for hearing on the suit filed on Monday.

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