The Sudanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Tagelsir Ali, has said that the repatriation of the alleged Nyanya blast mastermind, Mr Sadiq Ogwuche, requires 17 steps before his extradition to Nigeria.
Ambassador Ali who made this known in Abuja yesterday said that Nigeria had an extradition treaty with Sudan which was to be reviewed.
“The extradition treaty is always a sequence of procedures that have to be taken care of,” he said. “I think it goes to about 17 or 18 procedures that have to be dealt with before a person can be sent back to his country and this is what we keep saying that a country should observe these things. It is very important to wait until the procedures are finalised.”
He added that the Sudanese official handling the process are doing their best to complete the formalities to ensure he is brought back to Nigeria to face trial.
Mr Ogwuche had fled to Sudan shortly after the April 14, 2014 blast in Nyanya, Abuja, which killed about 75 persons and injured nearly 200.
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