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  • Assassination claim: ‘I have no interest in your death’, Kashamu fires back at Gbenga Daniel

    …says ‘I do not have a killer squad’

    The senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, has denied the claim by a former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, that he sent assassins after him.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Daniel had accused Kashamu in a petition to the Inspector General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, on Friday of sending hired killers after him.

    However, in a swift response, Kashamu, in a letter to the IG as well asserted that he did not have a killer squad and he was not interested in the ex-governor’s death.

    “I have been in Lagos since the National Assembly went on recess last month. I do not have a killer squad …

    “My telephones and call logs are available for scrutiny. It is true that we have had political differences since 2009 after working together for some time. Even at that, not once have I been linked to any form of violence.

    “As for me, I have no interest in Daniel’s death or that of any human being. If I engaged him as a sitting governor with tact and intelligence, why would I want to attack or assassinate him now?” he said.

    The senator added, “It is part of the grand plot by Daniel to … foist a caretaker committee on the PDP in the state despite the subsisting and binding court judgment which expressly states that the Engr. Adebayo Dayo-led state executive committee – which I belong to – should remain in office till 2020.”

    Kashamu stated further that the petition was politically motivated.

    “The authentic PDP ExCo in Ogun State under the leadership of Dayo has a final judgment in its favour that has yet to be appealed, set aside or upturned. What is more, the orders and judgment are binding on the police and the Independent National Electoral Commission who were parties to the suit.

    “This … story of an attack is part of Daniel’s … bid to seek relevance, revive his … political career …

    “He is afraid that some genuine and concerned party members could resist … his actions… despite being aware of the existence of the democratically elected and the judicially approved Ogun State PDP ExCo,” the lawmaker said in the petition.

    Also, in the petition, he drew the attention of Idris to previous letters written by Dayo to complain about the activities of Daniel in the state.

    “Instead of raising … alarm like Daniel, the Engr. Adebayo Dayo-led State ExCo had written two letters dated August 14 and 15, 2017 to your office, wherein your attention was drawn to the … acts of Daniel and his collaborators and how they could threaten the peace … in Ogun State, if not checked.

    “A careful perusal of the two petitions and the attached documents would give you an insight into the undercurrents of this unfounded alarm,” Kashamu stated.

  • Kashamu to submit counter petition against Daniel to IGP

    Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Senator Buruji Kashamu has hinted that he would on Monday submit a counter petition against former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel who has accused him of sending assassins to kill him.

    Daniel, in a petition to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris had alleged that Kashamu sent assassins to kill him in his Abuja home, but when they did not meet him, they mishandled some of his aides who were at home.

    But Kashamu, who spoke to The Guardian through his Media Aide, Austin Onyokor also disclosed that the petition would call on the Inspector-General to dismiss the allegation in its entirety because it is fabricated and total falsehood.

    Besides, Onyokor who spoke to the reporter on phone said, Kashamu is calling on the Police authorities to thoroughly investigate the two of them (Daniel and Kashamu) “to enable them find out which of them has a record of violence”.

    Onyokor said, “We are submitting a Petition to the IGP and other Security agencies on Monday asking them to dismiss the allegation on its entirety.”

    Accusing Daniel of playing “dirty politics”, he insisted “How can somebody just wake up and make such wild allegation against his political opponent just to dent his (Kashamu) image, such wicked behaviour smacks of desperation”.

    He assured that Kashamu had resolved to explore all peaceful, legal and civilised means to clear his name.

  • Ex-Ogun gov, Gbenga Daniel petitions IGP, says ‘Help, Kashamu wants to kill me’

    The immediate past governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel on Friday accused the Senator representing Ogun East, Chief Buruji Kashamu, of sending hired killers after him.

    Daniel, in a petition to the Police claimed that “five hefty men, two of them in military fatigue” on Thursday invaded his Abuja residence with a mission to terminating his life.

    He said they were acting on behalf of Kashamu, who, according to the former governor, has “on several other occasions boasted in the company of his friends that he will not rest until he sees my end.”

    He added: “This renewed offensive was as a result of the recent Supreme Court ruling placing his own faction at a disadvantage and ending the reign of his control over the State Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, which were all secured through various controversial court orders.

    He asked the police for additional security protection and to put Kashamu “under security watch list and strict surveillance.”

    The Senator, reacting to the accusation last night said it was a hoax.
    “It is certain that OGD is hallucinating,” Kashamu’s Media Adviser, Austin Oniyokor said in a statement.

    “He is the accuser, the investigator, prosecutor and judge in his own case.

    “Pray, why would Senator Kashamu go after a man who is at the twilight of his political career?
    “By the grace of God, the distinguished Senator Buruji Kashamu is PDP’s highest political office holder in Ogun State despite the OGD’s efforts to make him lose the election. So, why would he want to attack a former governor who has lost political relevance six years after leaving office? Is OGD the only former governor in Ogun State?”
    Daniel and Kashamu belong to rival factions of the PDP in Ogun State.
    Their disagreement dates to Daniel’s tenure as governor of the state.

     

  • [JUST IN] Attempted murder case: Court orders Kashamu to submit self for investigations

    [JUST IN] Attempted murder case: Court orders Kashamu to submit self for investigations

    A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, to submit himself to the police for investigation into an allegation of alleged his attempt to murder a member of the House of Representatives representing Ikene/Shagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency, Mr. Oladipupo Adebutu.

    Delivering judgment in a suit instituted by Kashamu, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba ordered that the senator must honour all invitations extended to him by the Special Investigating Panel set up by the Inspector-General of Police to investigate the allegations contained in Adebutu’s petition.

    Justice Dimgba, who noted that the same special investigating panel had been directed by the Inspector-General of Police to investigate Kashamu’s counter-petition against Adebutu, ordered that the police must ensure that the police must conduct the probe in their facilities and not the houses of private citizens.

    But the judge ruled that any attempt by security agencies, particularly the police and the Department of State Service to capitalise on the said investigation by arresting the senator, incarcerating him and transport him to the United States of America to face illicit drugs charges would be unlawful.

    TheNewsGuru.com Adebutu had alleged that the Senator had along with some thugs made attempted to murder him during Peoples Democratic Party’s convention held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on August 16, 2016.

    The member of the House of Representatives then sent a petition dated August 22, 2016, reporting the alleged attempt ‎on his life to the Inspector General of Police.

    But in response, Kashamu wrote a counter-petition dated August 26, 2016, to the IGP alleging that Adebutu was instigating the police and the DSS to abduct and transport him to the US in relation to illicit drugs charges he had been cleared of and in violation of court orders stopping him from being extradited.

  • ‘DSS, IGP plotting to extradite me,’ Kashamu tells court

    ‘DSS, IGP plotting to extradite me,’ Kashamu tells court

    Senator representing Ogun, Buruji Kashamu has alleged that the Inspector-General of Police and the Director-General of DSS plan to extradite him to the United States for alleged drug offences.

    Kashamu on Wednesday filed an application praying the Federal High court Abuja to stop both agencies from inviting or arresting him.

    He said the invitation to him for an assassination attempt on Rep. Oladipupo Keshington (PDP-Ogun), was a ploy to arrest him and transport him to the US.

    His counsel, Raphael Oluyede, asked the court to protect his client and stop the Police and DSS from inviting or arresting him.

    According to Oluyede, if the court fails to stop the plot, his client’s fundamental rights to liberty will be breached.

    Opposing the application, counsel to the IG, David Igbodo said the issue of extradition raised by the senator was a figment of his imagination.

    He prayed the court not to grant the application, but to rather, issue an order to compel the senator to appear before the Police panel for interrogation in the alleged assassination attempt.

    “There are two petitions addressed to the I-G on allegations of an assassination attempt in Port Harcourt, Rivers. The first one was written by Keshington upon which the senator was invited.

    “Rather than honouring the Police invitation, the senator chose to write a counter petition on the same issue.

    “At the moment, the I-G has two petitions and has set up a special panel to look into them and ascertain the genuineness of the allegation,” he said.

  • ‘Several people will die before I’m extradited, OPC to guide me…’ – Kashamu

    …Says Obasanjo behind his travails

    Embattled Senator Buruji Kashamu (PDP, Ogun East Senatorial District) has said he will involve the services of the Odua Peoples Congress, OPC to help revolt against his extradition to the United States over alleged drug peddling activities.

    Speaking over the weekend, the lawmaker described the move to extradite him to the US as illegal, stressing that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government would not oblige the request by the US Government for his extradition.

    He said he will engage the OPC to confront whoever comes for his extradition.

    Kashamu said, “There is no extradition that can be brought against me again. The only thing they can do is to watch and catch me on the road; take me to the airport or Cotonou or throw me inside a vessel and take me through the Atlantic Ocean. But I am not going to let that happen.

    “I don’t go to the beach, and now, I will go and hire OPC, may be like 40. I will load them (in my vehicle), because the day we meet, one has to kill one. That is for sure! One has to kill one because I am not ready to go anywhere. Before that happens, maybe about three, four or five people will die.

    “But I do not believe that this government can entertain this kind of rubbish. I do believe that this government has integrity and they (officials) are credible; they believe in the rule of law, because if they want to do it, they could have done it.

    “Obasanjo has been pushing them, using one Sandra, a former ambassador of the United States; he’s the one pushing everybody, meeting all these judges, but what have I done?”

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that a US Appeals court had on Thursday upheld the extradition of Senator Kashamu over alleged drug peddling case.

  • We’ll resume efforts to arrest, extradite Kashamu – NDLEA

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has said following the ruling of a United States Appeals Court which upheld the ruling against Senator Buruji Kashamu’s drug peddling case, it is now ready to resume efforts to arrest and finally extradite the senator.

    The agency said it has been “emboldened and strengthened” by the latest ruling of a United States court, which ruled that the senator must face drug charges.

    TheNewsGuru.com recalls that the US appeal court on Friday upheld the ruling against Kashamu, who is facing drug charges, related to the hit TV show, “Orange is the New Black.”

    With the verdict, the Senator, representing Ogun East Senatorial District, could be extradited to face trial in the US court.

    According to the Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, the NDELA had a legal treaty with the US and would not compromise this agreement for any reason.

    Ofoyeju said, “Already, there are actions ongoing to vacate those orders. So, it is now important for us to pursue those actions to a conclusion because we now have a better ground to vacate those orders. And these are injunctions that he got restraining us from picking him up.

    “You know that this development is a good reason for us to vacate those orders that he is not to be arrested.”

    He stated that based on the latest US court ruling, the agency’s position had been “emboldened and strengthened and we will push for the vacation of every injunction stopping us.”

    Ofoyeju added, “When those (restraining) orders are cleared, then we can go ahead with the extradition case. There is no point filing another one. The case that was filed is still in court. It is just that there are orders preventing that case and these orders need to be cleared so that the coast will be clear.”

    On claims that the NDLEA had given up on Kashamu, the agency’s spokesperson declared, “No way, that is not true! We have not given up, but we don’t want to violate court orders. We will seek legal means and this case has emboldened our case here in Nigeria.

    “On the exceptionality of his case, he is a distinguished Senator and so our legal team will come up with the best legal option for him to clear himself because of the mutual legal agreement that we have with the US.

    “The case is a very sensitive one because he is a serving Senator; but then, we have a mutual agreement with the US on things like this. It is an allegation, but let him go and clear himself.”

    Ofoyeju said, “The court in the US has ruled and back home here, he has secured an injunction that he should not be arrested. So our legal team is currently studying the case, both the one in the US and the one in Nigeria. This is in order to know the next legal line of action, because he must clear himself. That is the position.”

    “So, as it is now we are going to look at the best legal action to take in order for his right not to be violated because he is a distinguished senator of the federal republic. However, at the same time, all necessary measures will be exploited for him to clear himself of whatever allegations that have been brought against him in the US.”

     

  • Kashamu fires back at US Court, says no extradition case against me anywhere

    Kashamu fires back at US Court, says no extradition case against me anywhere

    The Senator representing Ogun East senatorial district, Kashamu Buruji, has said that there was no case of extradition against him anywhere in the world.

    TheNewsGuru.com recalls that Kashamu’s response is coming after a US court on Thursday, upheld the trafficking case against him and ordered him to be extradited.

    In a statement, Kashamu said: “two British courts had adjudicated upon the case and found that it was a case of mistaken identity.

    “I asked my lawyers in the US to file the suit when I got wind of an evil plot to abduct me in 2015 which later happened between the 23rd and 28th of May, 2015, until there was a judicial intervention which ordered the US officials and their local collaborators out of my Lagos residence.

    “It should be noted that there is no extradition proceedings against me anywhere in the world. The last one they purportedly brought after the siege to my residence was dismissed by the Federal High Court, Abuja, on the 1st of July, 2015.

    “So, the wicked interpretation that the latest ruling which was based on a suit I instituted against my abduction has set the tone for my extradition is totally unfounded, vexatious and malicious,” he stated.

    Kashamu also claimed that he had won the extradition proceedings against him in London twice, so he could not be tried again.

    “Any other purported extradition proceedings or abduction is illegal. I am not afraid of anything because I know my rights under the law,” he concluded.

  • Face your business as Senator, Fayose fires back at Kashamu

    …says Rann bombing by NAF was deliberate

    Governor of Ekiti State and the newly installed Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors forum, Ayodele Fayose has lashed back at the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Prince Buruji Kashamu, over his statement where he described him (Fayose) as a “liability, a loud mouth and animmature politician” who is unfit to lead the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ Forum.

    Recall that Kashamu had in a statement said that the Friday’s election, which produced Fayose ‎as Chairman of the PDP governors’ forum was a huge joke.

    “It was a misnormer that the governors of an opposition party that is in need of rebranding and repositioning could chose a liability, a loud mouth and an immature politician like Fayose as the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum.

    “It is not that his emergence as the Chairman of the Forum means anything to me. But as a committed and loyal party man, it gives me great concern that instead of taking steps that will foster peace and unity, we are doing things that will widen the gap and cause more unity.

    “Those who chose him should have a rethink in the interest of the party that is striving hard to return to power. His brother-governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, whose tenure he purportedly continued as Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, is a cool-headed and balanced character,” Kashamu had said.

    Reacting to Kashamu’s statement during a monitored programme on TV on Sunday, Fayose asked the senator to face the legislative business he was elected for.

    In his words: “Senator Kashamu is just a Senator, when he comes up and becomes a Governor, he will learn how to talk like a Governor”.

    On the recent ‘accidental’ bombing of the Rann’s IDPs camp where over 100 persons were killed, Fayose said it was unfortunate and questionable.

    According to him, the Nigerian Airforce would not claim it was unaware that the IPDs were camped there.

    “To them it was an accident but I think it was deliberate. The federal government and the military were the ones that created the IDPs camp and same them went and bombed it, it is quiet unfortunate and questionable,” he said during the interview.

  • Fayose is architect of PDP’s leadership crisis – Kashamu

    Fayose is architect of PDP’s leadership crisis – Kashamu

    The Senator representing Ogun East senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Buruji Kashamu, has accused the Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, as the one responsible for the leadership crisis currently rocking the Peoples Democratic Party.

    He made the statement at the weeked in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, during a reception ceremony organised to receive some leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress from Ogun West, who defected to the PDP.

    He said members of the party, especially in the South West should hold him responsible for the crisis.

    Kashamu, who criticised Fayose for taking on the garb of the “leader or voice of the opposition”, noted that the Ekiti State governor was the architect of the leadership crisis rocking the party at both national and South-West levels.

    He, however, said that Fayose was using his attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari as a smokescreen to cover up when he would be eventually called to account for his deeds while in office.

    He said, “I am not unmindful of the antics of a governor in the South West who claims to have taken on the toga of
    the ‘leader or voice of the opposition’. Let us not be deceived; he is not.

    “As you probably would have known, he is only trying to pull the wool over our eyes in order to cover up his tracks. He seeks to use his rabid attacks on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government as a cover when called to account for his deeds in and out of office.

    “He is the architect of the leadership crisis rocking our party in the South West and at the national level. Let all our elders and elders, and true sons and daughters in Yorubaland ignore his doomsday predictions and come together

    in unity and encourage the efforts of Buhari’s government that are geared towards rebuilding our country.”