Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has condemned ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s official statement on the death of ex-Senator Buruji Kashamu.

The PUNCH had earlier reported that Kashamu, a governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election in Ogun State, died of COVID-19 complications on Saturday at the age of 62.

Kashamu, who also represented Ogun East Senatorial District between 2015 and 2019 at the National Assembly, will be buried on Sunday [today] in accordance with Islamic rites at his Ijebu-Igbo hometown.


The lawmaker had faced extradition to the United States for alleged drug trafficking until his death.

But in a message titled, ‘Letter of condolence,’ addressed to Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, Obasanjo, who condoled with the family of the deceased and the state as a whole, also alleged that Kashamu used the instruments of law and politics to evade justice.

“The life and history of the departed have lessons for those of us on this side of the veil.


“Senator Esho Jinadu (Buruji Kashamu) in his lifetime used the manoeuvre of law and politics to escape from facing justice on alleged criminal offence in Nigeria and outside Nigeria.

“But no legal, political, cultural, social or even medical manoeuver could stop the cold hand of death when the creator of all of us decides that the time is up,” the former military head of state said, while praying that Allah forgive Kashamu’s sins.

See the letter:




Obasanjo had, in 2014, resigned his membership of the PDP when he wrote to the then chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bamanga Tukur, that he would cease to be a member of the party unless the party dissociated

For OBJ he has sent his own condolence message, Fayose pls send your own in your own words and forget OBJ's own. Are we no more entitled to our opinions? No man is immortal but even in death you can't expect everyone to express kind words.

Obasanjo is not an Omoluabi. Omoluabi doesn't talk in that manner at such situation.

Very irresponsible and unguarded statement, which is very unbecoming of a statesman closer to the grave himself.

While i'm not a Kashamu fan, but how is OBJ any different from him?

Righteousness89:
Death could come to anyone.. People are Dying per second and Minute, There is no big thing in Death, There is Life after Death, That is what is Important, Dying without Jesus is Where there is Problem! It's Unbearable Pains ! Brethren pls Pity your Soul, Eternity is so Real!!

and all the ones wey dey die na Muslims.

Yes! Oshoko one has spoken!

All human will taste death. Your own end too will come.