The Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party Campaign and
Mobilisation Committee in the South West, Prince Buruji Kashamu has threatened
to institute legal action against former president Olusegun Obasanjo for
referring to him as a wanted criminal in his 18-page letter to President Goodluck
Jonathan.
Ex President Obasanjo, in his to Mr. Jonathan
referred to Kashamu, the major financier of PDP in Ogun State, as a criminal who
is wanted by Uk and USA authorities for drug trafficking and money laundering
crimes and should not be seen as being a close associate of the president.
In a statement released yesterday by his Media Adviser,
Austin Oniyokor, Kashamu said, “I do not know what extradition Baba Obasanjo is
talking about. We are already in court
over a different case. With this one, he’s in for a big libel. Of course, I’m
going to sue him immediately. Obasanjo is not above the law, so there is no
reason why I will not sue him. By tomorrow (today) we’ll be in court because
that is the last resort for an aggrieved person”.
Kashamu added that “Obasanjo has not said anything new. It
is all part of the old worn-out blackmail that Kashamu’s political adversaries
have been peddling. Anyone who knows Obasanjo’s antecedents will agree with me
that it is only typical of him to turn round to call the same man that he wined
and dined with in the past names.
“When Kashamu teamed up with him against former Governor
Gbenga Daniel, he was a good man. When he worked with him to produce the
platform that his (OBJ’s) anointed candidate, Maj.-Gen. Tunji Olurin, used
during the 2011 elections, he was a good man. Indeed, he praised him to high
heavens and openly prayed that God will reward his labour for the party and
humanity”.
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