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Nigerian Extradited To US For Alleged Sextortion Which Led To Victims Death
The accused allegedly posed as a young woman on social media and coerced the teen into sending compromising photos.
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WikiLeaks Co-Founder Julian Assange Wins High Court Bid To Appeal Against Extradition To US
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange’s battle to avoid extradition to the United States received a huge boost on Monday when London’s High Court ruled that U.S. assurances over his case were unsatisfactory and he would get a full appeal hearing. In March, the High Court provisionally gave Assange, 52, permission to appeal on three grounds. But […]
Court Frees On Sh2M Bail Kenyan Scammer Imraan Juma Wanted By US For Extradition
The Court of Appeal has freed a Kenyan wanted by the United States (US) over Sh128 million fraud on Sh2 million bail. Justices Asike Makhandia, Sankale Ole Kantai, and Mwaniki Gachoka allowed Imraan Juma to argue his appeal away from police cells on condition that he surrenders his passport to the court’s deputy registrar. The […]
Mr Money Bags: Deals That Built Ex-Kenya Power Boss Gichuru An Empire
There is a long tradition of making money in this citadel. It has a story perfected through years of filth – no arrests and no convictions. As it turned out later, when Mr. Gichuru was the head of the utility, mostly during the Moi years, he gave himself up as a of consultants for the […]
End Of The Road: How Okemo And Gichuru Played The Courts For Years
The Supreme Court in Nairobi delivered a landmark ruling on the extradition to Jersey Island of Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo and Samuel Kimunchu Gichuru. Mr. Okemo served as the Minister for Energy in the Kenya Government between 1999 and 2001 and Gichuru was the managing director of the Kenya Power and lighting Company got decades. The […]
Court Okays Extradition Of Gichuru And Okemo To The UK
The Supreme Court has overturned a decision by the Court of Appeal stopping the extradition of Former Cabinet Minister Chris Okemo and former Kenya Power boss Samuel Gichuru to Jersey Island to face trial. In a majority decision delivered Friday, the country’s highest court determined that the case facing the two is criminal in nature […]