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Court sets date for Akashas extradition case

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By Willis Oketch | Mar 12, 2016

MOMBASA: Extradition proceedings against two sons of slain drug baron Ibrahim Abdalah Akasha and their two accomplices will start on May 26.

Mombasa Chief Magistrate Julius Nang’ea issued the orders yesterday after defence lawyers and Assistant Director of Public Prosecution Alex Muteti agreed on the date.

This has been delayed by numerous applications by the defence, including more than 10 adjournments since the suspects were arraigned in court two years ago.

The suspects are Baktash Akasha Abdalla, Abdallah Akasha, Gulam Hussein and Vijarigi Goswami. They are wanted in US to answer drug related cases.

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The US Attorney applied to have them extradited to stand trial for allegations of being part of an international drug trafficking ring.

But the suspects' lawyer Cliff Ombeta said they have filed an application in the High Court before Justice Martin Muya seeking to stop the extradition proceedings.

Hussein, a Pakistan of Iranian origin who made the proceedings to be adjourned several times has now been given an interpreter.

The Chief Magistrate ordered Goswami to be present on May 26 as he was not in the court yesterday.

The suspects who are out on bond of Sh30 million each insist that the facts and evidence disclosed in the indictment and supporting affidavit of US do not show any criminal offence they had committed.

They argue that they cannot be extradited because US has never entered into any treaty with Kenya to allow the same.