A former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has appreciated his nomination to stand for election as the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Ogun East Senatorial District.
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This has been communicated to the national leadership of the PDP and the Adebayo Dayo-led faction of the party, which has Kashamu’s backing, by INEC
Abiodun, who spoke at a political gathering that was not specified in the video where he made the allegation, said Amosun did not give him a dime to prosecute his senatorial bid, which he lost to the incumbent and representative of Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu
Kashamu, who was reacting to the correspondences of the PDP national leadership to the three agencies, maintained that the party’s sanction against him was a stillbirth and cannot stand the test of the law.
The group, which also called for the immediate extradition of Kasamu to the United States to face trial for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking, said it was strange that anyone in Nigeria, no matter highly placed, will be afraid to go to the United States free of charge as being done by the senator.
Kashamu, in a statement he personally signed on Monday night, said he remains with “my people in PDP”.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, made this known when he briefed newsmen on the decision of the emergency meeting of the NEC in Abuja on Monday.
Kashamu said this in an interview with newsmen over the weekend.
Adebiyi said the Appeal Court verdict, delivered on Friday, has once again affirmed its position that the senator, wanted by the US authorities to face trial for drug trafficking, is “a fugitive running away from the law. It therefore, urged the Federal Government to, without further delay, bundle the Senator in question to the United States.”
The Appellate court held that the senator, representing Ogun East in the National Assembly, was bound by the provisions of the law, and therefore, could be “arrested in deserving circumstances”.
The Chairman of the group, Hon. Sola Adeoti, who stated this, berated the Interference of Oyedokun, whom they said is another stooge of Senator Buruji Kashamu, working to foist his chairman on the PDP.
Specifically, Kashamu urged the national leadership of the party, comprising of the National Caretaker Committee and the National Executive Committee, to sanction Fayose for going against the party’s zoning arrangement.
Daniel had on Friday in a petition to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said five men, with three of them in military camouflage, stormed his Abuja residence with the aim of killing him, alleging that Kashamu sent them.
Daniel stated this in a report he filed to the inspector general of police, Ibrahim Idris, urging the police authority to increase the number of his security details and to keep a close surveillance on the senator.
Kashamu, in a statement, likened the rumblings in the party in Ogun State and the South West to “a contest between individuals interested in the strengthening of PDP as a viable political party that aggregates and caters for the interests of all its members and persons”.
In the statement issued on Friday in Lagos by his Media Adviser, Austin Oniyokor, Kashamu said it was preposterous that an impostor like Ogundele, who is standing trial for theft and burglary before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Abeokuta, could claim to have suspended well-meaning elders and leaders of the party
This was made known on Thursday by the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris
The Judge, Justice Okon Abang, refused the application on Tuesday after Counsel to Kashamu, Godswill Mrakpo, argued the application in favour of his client
While the Kashamu faction belongs to the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff factional National Working Committee of the PDP, the Adebutu faction is loyal to the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee
However, the Adebutu group was recognised by the party’s National Executive Council and the Convention Planning Committee, which made it clear that Adebutu’s group is the one recognised as the authentic executive of the party as Kashamu’s parallel group was not given recognition at the event