Maldives Police Service has revealed that the 1988 coup conspirator, Abdulla Luthufee will be extradited to the Maldives tonight.

Police revealed that Luthufee will be flown back tonight on the Emirates Flight EK653, scheduled to land at Velana International Airport at 9:35pm tonight. A team of police will be accompanying Luthufee back to the Maldives.

Even though Police claim that Luthufee surrendered to the Maldivian Embassy in Sri Lanka voluntarily on May 1, Speaker of Parliament said that it was one day before the terror attacks that rocked Sri Lanka back in April.

Police explained the delay in the extradition by revealing that certain documents required from the government of Sri Lanka was pending. The delay was mainly caused by the aftershock of the terror attacks in Lanka.

Luthufee was allowed to travel to neighboring Sri Lanka on 16th January 2010 for medical purposes during former president Mohamed Nasheed’s administration. However, he went into hiding during the trip and has been residing in Sri Lanka for the past nine years as a fugitive.