Kashamu: Fayose Slams Obasanjo, Says OBJ Collaborated With Late Senator |The Source

By Ayodele Oni

Former Governor of Ekiti state, Mr Ayo Fayose has berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo for his comment on the death of Senator Buruji Kashamu saying it is unbecoming of a national leader.

The Senator from Ogun state died on Saturday from complications from Covid 19.

Obasanjo, who, in a letter of condolence to Ogun State Governor, Pince Dapo Abiodun,  described Kashamu’s death as a great loss, however, lamented that “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.”

Reacting to Obasanjo’s statement,  Fayose, berated Obasanjo, saying Nigerians are waiting for his end.

The former governor said it was unsavoury for former President Obasanjo to make such comment when Kashamu could not defend himself, and asked the former President to honestly say he did not collaborate with Kashamu at some point.

Fayose wrote on Twitter:

“I commiserate with the family of Senator Buruji Kashamu for this irreparable loss and pray for the repose of his soul. The Almighty God will console those he left behind.

“I also condemn the statement made by former President Obasanjo on his (Kashamu) death.

“Can Obasanjo say in good conscience that he did not, at some point, collaborate with Kashamu,  and that most of the things he (Kashamu) did politically, were not with his collaboration?

“Nigerians will watch out for Obasanjo’s own end. He should stop forming Saint because he is not. He should also remember that his own end will come too, and nobody knows how the end will be.”

There is no love lost between Obasanjo and Fayose. Fayose holds Obasanjo responsible for his impeachment during his first term as a Governor. Since then, he has spared no opportunity to slam Obasanjo.