LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian drug agents on Saturday
arrested a senator-elect wanted by the United States in a nearly 20-year-old
heroin deal that was allegedly the basis for the TV hit "Orange Is The New
Black."
Buruji Kashamu is under house arrest at his Lagos home,
spokesman Ofoyeju Mitchell of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency told The
Associated Press. He said Kashamu, 56, will appear in court Monday to start
extradition proceedings to the United States. Kashamu had already been suing a Nigerian court to prevent
attempts to extradite him. Kashamu had become a powerful politician and financier of
President Goodluck Jonathan's party. Jonathan and his party both lost in the
March election but Kashamu was elected a senator in balloting opponents said
was rigged.
