The High Court has postponed the delivery of rulings regarding the extradition challenges filed by US-sanctioned businessman Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed. Originally scheduled for today, February 2, Acting Chief Justice Navindra Singh will now announce his decisions on February 9, 2026, concerning the judicial review challenging the Home Affairs Minister’s Authority to Proceed.
A separate ruling on the constitutional challenge to amended sections of the Fugitive Offenders Act is set for February 16, 2026. The Mohameds aim to quash the Authority to Proceed, invalidate all associated actions—including an arrest warrant—and raise allegations of bias in the extradition process.
The State has opposed the applications, asserting that extradition is a government-to-government process governed by statute, and should not be hindered by parallel legal proceedings. Chief Justice (acting) Singh had initially scheduled today for his ruling on the constitutional challenge and judicial review proceedings filed by the Mohameds as they seek to block their extradition to the United States.
The Mohameds are specifically contesting sections of Guyana’s Fugitive Offenders Act and the Home Affairs Minister’s decision that initiated extradition proceedings. They contend that the process has been marred by presumed bias.
The extradition request, submitted by the US Government on October 30, 2025, is based on the Guyana–United Kingdom extradition treaty. The Mohameds were sanctioned by the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on June 11, 2024, for large-scale corruption activities, including gold smuggling, money laundering, and bribery, which purportedly resulted in over $50 million in tax avoidance for the Guyanese Government.
Additionally, they face indictment from a grand jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, facing 11 criminal charges including wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering related to the export of gold by their company, Mohamed’s Enterprises. Conviction could carry severe penalties, including a maximum sentence of 20 years and fines of up to $250,000, with money laundering charges potentially resulting in fines of $500,000 or the value of the laundered property.
Meanwhile, substantive extradition proceedings before Magistrate Judy Latchman are scheduled to continue on February 5 and 6 at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
