Nigeria, May 20 -- The United States Department of Justice has written a letter to the United States Magistrate Judge in Eastern District of New York, Ramon Reyes, on why it is dangerous to release an aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Abidemi Rufai, on bail.

The Acting U.S. Attorney, Tessa Gorma, in a letter obtained exclusively by PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday said Mr Rufai presents an extreme risk of flight and "if he does escape to Nigeria, extradition will be extraordinarily difficult or impossible because of his ties to the Nigerian government."

This newspaper reported that the suspect used to work as Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abiodun.

He was suspended from office after the report on his alleged involvement in a ...