Chief Kashamu Buruji has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo is
suffering from his loss of political relevance in the south west.
In a response letter to the former President’s letter withdrawing from the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, he acussed Obasanjo of engaging in ‘wicked
campaign of calumny and blackmail is his perceived loss of political
relevance in Ogun State and the South West’.
Former President Obasanjo had withdrawn from the PDP saying he cannot be
led by Buruji, an alleged fugitive from the United State.
Buruji said “he called me “a wanted habitual criminal…for whom extradition
has been requested by the US Government…”
Ordinarily, I would not have responded to his latest cocktail of lies
having sufficiently addressed the same issue in my response to his letter
to the President only a few weeks ago. However, since he has shown that he
is too embittered to be assuaged by that response, I am constrained to do
another.
“First, it is now clear to all and sundry that why I have become the
target of Obasanjo’s wicked campaign of calumny and blackmail is his
perceived loss of political relevance in Ogun State and the South West.
“In his 18-page satanic letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, I was the
other person – indeed the only one (after the President) – that he singled
out for his venomous attack. But if the truth be told, I am not the
architect of whatever political woes that he is suffering today. Like
David, I am just a tool in the hands of the almighty Allah Subhana wa
tala. I am too small to confront a Goliath like him but for the almighty
Allah who is the supporter of the suppressed and oppressed.
“In his usual hypocritical manner, he talked about not being able to work
with me because of his principles and decency. But the questions Nigerians
should ask him are: where were these principles when he used me to fight
Gbenga Daniel? Where was his self-righteousness when I took the party
structure from Daniel and handed it to Obasanjo? Where was his decency
when he brought Gen. Adetunji Olurin to me and asked that I should roll my
structure behind his governorship ambition? Where was his morality when he
introduced me to South West PDP leaders like Engr. Segun Oni, Navy Capt.
Caleb Olubolade (rtd) and a host of others?
“Where was his discipline when he hosted me severally in his Hilltop
mansion, taking me into his bedroom and innermost recesses? Where was his
decency when he accepted donations from me to his church and other
concerns? Where was his gumption when he mounted the rostrum to sing my
praises, praying for me as he did in May 2010 during a reception for the
former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye? I
can go on and on!
“Let me state from the outset that contrary to Obasanjo’s claim, I am not
the leader of the party in the South West. I am just one of the party’s
foot soldiers in the zone and it is in that capacity that I am made the
chairman of the Organisation and Mobilisation Committee for the party in
the zone. It is indeed preposterous for anyone to call me the leader of
the party in a zone that parades political juggernauts like Chief Olabode
George, Alhaji Shuaibu Oyedokun, Senator Lekan Balogun, Senator Iyiola
Omisore, Senator Teslim Folarin, Alhaji Yekeen Adeojo, Senator Clement
Awoyelu, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, Senator Bode Olajumoke and a host of others.
All these leaders know me and can attest to the fact that I defer to them
even when we disagree a times.
“Now, on the issue of my so-called indictment in the United States, I wish
to state for the umpteenth time that there is NO request for my
extradition for any offence whatsoever. I recall that in my earlier
response to him, I have challenged him to produce the request for
extradition, if there is any. Indeed, contrary to his lies that I am
wanted in the United States for some offences, the purported and
over-flogged case is that of mistaken identity, for which I had been tried
and discharged after my innocence was established by the British courts. I
am already in court in the US asking that the earlier accusation (NOT
CONVICTION) against me be quashed. That process is ongoing.