Interesting scenario

Has a foreign government ever placed a sitting U.S. Congressman under arrest?

Kachikwu said he had once worked closely with Jefferson, testifying that in May 2004, he had gotten information that authorities in Nigeria were prepared to arrest the congressman, who was in the country trying to resurrect the telecommunications project. Kachikwu said he learned the arrest was based on complaints from a fellow NDTV executive that Jefferson had sought bribes from the company.

Kachikwu said he drove the congressman and iGate CEO Vernon Jackson to the airport about 5:30 a.m. so they could leave the country earlier than planned and keep Jefferson from being imprisoned.

Really? The Nigerians were going to arrest him? On bribery charges? Really? Did they think that would have looked okay diplomatically? How would it have looked on cable news? Would Nigeria have been declared a terrorist state? Would there have been a call to send in the Special Forces? What would Jerry Bruckheimer do with this material? Does anyone else think Kachikwu's story is bullshit?