Extradited to Albania from Morocco since the end of 2023, the Portuguese Ruben Saraiva accused of murdering businessman Ardian Nikulaj in Shengjin has refused to become an associate of justice. On the morning of January 17, the 28-year-old was interrogated for about 2 hours at the Local Police Directorate in Lezhë, in the presence of the two prosecutors of the case, Erjon Shehaj and Frančesk Ganaj.
During the conversation with the Portuguese, the representatives of the prosecution body are said to have offered him cooperation in exchange for easing the criminal charges, but Ruben Saraiva has denied his involvement in the serious incident in Shengjin. According to the sources, the investigators have addressed a series of questions to the Portuguese Ruben Saraiva, related to the investigation of this case.
Among other things, he has accepted acquaintance with Edmond Haxhina (the suspected organizer of the assassination), where, in addition to his presence on vacation in Albania, he has claimed that they had planned to plant narcotics.
Meanwhile, at the request of the defense lawyer appointed by the Court to maintain the safety of the Portuguese citizen, Ruben Saraiva has been sent to prison 313 in Tirana, where he is waiting to face justice.
The investigations related to the murder of the businessman Ardian Nikulaj continue from the Prosecutor’s Office of Lezha, which is awaiting the decision on the extradition of 3 British citizens and the suspected mastermind of this murder, the citizen Edmond Haxhia. Albanian, is expected to be held in March.
The murder of businessman Ardian Nikulaj was in the wake of the chain of revenge that the victim’s family has with another tribe, a conflict that has produced many victims over the years.
