The Nation
The Supreme Court has granted the request for the extradition of a Nigeria, Princewill Ugonna Anuebunwa wanted in the United States for his alleged complicity in some criminal activities.
The extradition request was made by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami though the Central Authority Unit (CAU) of the Federal Ministry of Justice, headed by Akutah Pius Ukeyima.
A five-member panel of the Supreme Court, in a judgment on Wednesday, allowed the appeal by the AGF, restored the June 1,2020 judgment by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja and set aside the November 6, 2020 judgment by the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
The Court of Appeal had, in its judgment in the appeal marked: CA/A/CV/387/2020 filed by Anuebunwa reversed the Federal High Court judgment, which granted the AGF’s request to surrender Anuebunwa for trial in the US on a pending two-count charge of “conspiracy to commit wire fraud; wire fraud, and aiding and abetting.”
Justice Ogunwumiju upheld the judgment by Justice Ekwo (of the Federal High Court) that the AGF supplied sufficient materials, as required under the Extradition Act, to warrant the grant of the extradition request…
