Arrest fear: Drama as Kashamu flees airport

The senator representing Ogun East at the National Assembly, Prince Buruji Kashamu, who is wanted in the United States for alleged drug related offences, yesterday, in Lagos, scampered from a plane billed for Abuja after it was delayed for technical problems.

It was learnt that Kashamu was billed to travel to Abuja yesterday after he failed to commit the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for alleged contempt over extradition moves to the USA.

He had sat in the business class of Aero Flight 127, Abuja-bound, along with his lawyers when the captain announced a minor problem with the plane.

The captain said the light of an indicator had not come on brightly enough and that the Aero engineers are fixing the problem.

To keep the passengers at ease, the captain gave the assurance that the problem was nothing to worry about, and that the resolution of the problem will not take three minutes.

No sooner the captain finished talking, than Kashamu, probably fearing arrest, signalled to his lawyers, asking them to alight from the plane.

Other passengers who had calmly listened to Captain Kunle’s explanation remained glued to their seats and burst out laughing when Buruji and his lawyers scampered away.