Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has formally requested the extradition of convicted cocaine dealer Jos “Bolle Jos” Leijdekkers during a meeting with President Julius Maada Bio at an international summit in Angola this week.

Netherlands news outlet, AD reports that the meeting, which took place on Monday during an African Union-European Union summit, addressed broader issues of migration, security, and organized crime.

A Dutch government spokesperson confirmed that Prime Minister Schoof specifically raised the extradition request for Leijdekkers, who was sentenced to 24 years in prison in the Netherlands for drug trafficking and ordering an assassination.

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The case has drawn international attention following reports earlier this year that Leijdekkers is residing in Sierra Leone and is married to President Bio’s daughter. Dutch media have published photographs and videos appearing to show Leijdekkers in Sierra Leone, including at social events with local officials.

The Netherlands first submitted an extradition request for Leijdekkers in February but has not received a formal response from Sierra Leonean authorities. Outgoing Dutch Minister of Justice Foort van Oosten is scheduled to travel to West Africa this week to attend a regional conference on drugs in Ghana, where he plans to raise the issue again.

Leijdekkers was convicted last year for coordinating multiple cocaine shipments and faces additional 50-year sentences in Belgium for related crimes. Dutch authorities have also ordered him to pay €96 million in confiscated criminal profits.

There has been no official statement from the Government of Sierra Leone regarding the extradition request or Leijdekkers’ reported presence in the country.