Ethiopia has decided to extradite Ethiopian-born U.S. national, Yohannes Nesibu, to the government of the United States where he is wanted for double murder.Yohannes, who is now in a detention center in Ethiopia, is accused of killing two Ethiopians in Virginia and misusing two guns, said Zinabu Tunu, public relations office head of the Federal Attorney General of Ethiopia.
The decision was made following the request of the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division for his extradition, Zinabu told reporters on Thursday.
Upon request by the Ethiopian government, the United States had sent evidence proving that an arrest warrant was issued against him by Fairfax County Court on April 1, 2019, he said.
Based on the power and duties given to the Attorney General under Proclamation Number 943/2016 article 6, sub-article 12, a decision was made on April 3 to extradite Yohannes to the United States, he said.
His extradition also took into account his nationality, the pledge made by the U.S. to treat him properly and the positive cooperation currently existing between the two countries in the justice sector, he indicated.
According to Zinabu, preparations are being completed to hand over the suspect to the U.S government.
This is the right thing to do with criminals. He should be brought here so the victims and their families will have a day in court and held accountable for his horrific crime. No one should be allowed to take refuge in the old country after committing any crime here in the USA. What concern me after seeing his photo on one of the sites that reported the crime are his looks. He has the looks of those gangbangers of the American inner cities which indicate to me that such culture is slowly but surely is leeching into the areas where our Diasporas are concentrated. That is not good at all. Such ugly and deadly culture may find easy to spread into the old country taking the bulk of the unemployed youth in consideration just like the Central American countries.