The Senate on Tuesday handed for second studying, the modification to the Extradition Act, 2004.
In his lead debate, the Senate Chief, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti-Central), stated within the proposed legislation, Part 2 (1) and Part 7(4) of the Act are to be amended.
He defined that in Part 2, the “Act is amended to permit Nigeria to accede to extradition requests from international locations with which Nigeria has signed an extradition treaty – versus solely commonwealth international locations, as is the case in the present day.
“The current place of the Act applies solely to international locations throughout the Commonwealth and another nation with whom Nigeria establishes an extradition treaty or association.”
The proposed modification in Part 7 of the Act is “to correctly set out the process for issuance of warrants of arrest for efficient execution of extradition requests.”
Giving additional details about the extradition legislation, Opeyemi stated it’s “the laws that governs the method by which Nigeria can request and acquire the give up of an individual from one other jurisdiction, who’s accused or convicted of a legal offence outdoors the requesting jurisdiction’s territory.”
He added, “The Act is in the present day set for modification to make sure compliance with Nigeria’s obligation to the worldwide our bodies within the combat in opposition to Cash Laundering and Terrorism Financing and in addition to make sure the delisting of Nigeria by the Worldwide Nation Threat Information from the gray checklist by way of compliance.”
The Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, presided over the proceedings.
The invoice secured a majority voice vote and was referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Human Rights.
Each the Senate and the Home of Representatives are engaged on the invoice on the identical time.
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