PRINCE BURUJI KASHAMU SELF-SURRENDER NOW IN READINESS FOR AMERICA

Source: thewillnigeria.com

In the last few hours, the American media informed its people that you just won a seat in the Nigerian Senate, while even at the same time you remain a wanted offender in the U. S for a drug smuggling operation.

Dear Prince Kashamu, though this case has marked you as a runaway criminal offender for a very long time, you found a free space in Nigeria, with the support of President Goodluck Jonathan's administration which is now gone forever.

This should be a time of joy for you as an incoming senator but with your reported felonious actions in America, a painful feeling of distress and panic may govern you instead.

Dear Prince, to avoid the open shame that awaits you in the coming days, weeks or months in our blessed home, Nigeria, walk to the nearest police station now and surrender yourself. Why, it is called extradition time!

Dear Prince, you have seen the April 1st, 2015 acceptance speech  by General Muhammadu Buhari, President-Elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in which he stated “I assure all foreign governments that Nigeria will become a more forceful and constructive player in the global fight against…drugs…other issues requiring global response”.

Dear Prince, the American media recently reported that Nigerian ties with America on extradition matters have long improved. Therefore, under the Buhari government, do you think there will be more improvement?

If your answer is in the positive, then you should immediately self-surrender to the Nigerian law enforcement authorities, as the disgrace, humiliation and embarrassment will be less than if you are picked up while at home sleeping or eating.

God forbid that you get picked up from the Nigerian Senate floor!

Dear Prince Kashamu, the psychological truth has to be told here and, for the purpose of realistic discourse, thank the voters in the Ogun east senatorial district for winning the Senate seat for President Jonathan's People's Democratic Party.

Dear Prince, just as you fed the voters with the thousands of bags of rice inscribed with President Jonathan's picture, now feed their mouths by openly admitting to them that this senatorial win may not even start and, if it does, it may be aggressively cut short.  Tell them that since the 1990s and up to a few months ago, the Obama administration, known for its war against drugs and corruption, through a Chicago federal court,   wants you back in America for an alleged involvement in an international conspiracy to smuggle heroin into  America. Tell the Ogun people about your long standing indictment in America. Tell them with Buhari's relentless war against corruption and drugs, the probability of your forced trip to the U.S to stand trial with up to 25 years' imprisonment has now become all too real, as the law is the law.

Dear Prince, as part of your reality check, quickly tell the Nigerian court you are no longer interested in pursuing the case you have against former President Olusegun Obasanjo as it relates to an order banning his autobiography, “My Watch”.

At this very time, Bode George, Chief Edwin Clark, Olusegun Obasanjo, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, and, of  course,  Goodluck Jonathan, and even President-elect Muhammadu Buhari  will  respectively tell you as a matter of law, especially with a new day in Nigeria, that you, Buruji Kashamu, should go and face the U.S. government for trial and prove your innocence.

Dear Prince, if only your late brother was here to save you, as you have repeatedly maintained that your case is a case of mistaken identity and that your late brother was the alleged criminal.

In the coming days, you may find yourself  deep in the severe pain of depression. On no account should you consider or even remotely imagine suicide, as it is not only illegal, but it is ungodly. No one can disagree with you that this whole manifestation is collectively a shooting pain in your face, but sometimes life treats us very hard. Whatever happens in this matter, at this time begin with some form of self-therapy. In truth, we all wish you good luck.

***Dr. John Egbeazien Oshodi is a Forensic/Clinical Psychologist, a Consultant in National Psychology, and a former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Psychological Association.

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