Buruji Kashamu

December 21, 2015

#DasukiGate: ‘It’s no longer business as usual’ | FG says plea bargain is unlikely

Contrary to what was widely assumed, the Federal Government may not be entertaining the idea of plea bargain deals for some of the suspects found complicit in the alleged diversion of $2.1 billion meant for arms purchase. The government has expressed its intention to recover every looted fund, owing to the fact that plea bargains... Read More

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December 2, 2015

Buruji Kashamu officially becomes ‘Mr Untouchable’

Buruji Kashamu is highly favoured… in the courts. A Federal High Court had in June, restrained the Federal Government from arresting and extraditing the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, to the United States to stand trial on drug-trafficking charges. Delivering the judgement, Justice Okon Abang, declared the arrest and extradition of Kashamu as illegal, saying... Read More

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October 9, 2015

BREAKING: Senator Buruji Kashamu’s election nullified by tribunal

Senator Buruji Kashamu, representing Ogun East Senatorial district, has been sacked as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ogun state nullified Kashamu’s election victory as well as that of a federal lawmaker, representing Ijebu East /Ijebu North /Ogun waterside, Adekoya Adesegun. Five members of the Ogun state assembly... Read More

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How a scared Buruji Kashamu fled from an Aero flight on Tuesday

Prince Buruji Kashamu, the embattled Senator, who is allegedly wanted in the United States, appears to be scared of two things- extradition and death. According to a report by PM News, Kashamu scampered off an Aero Contractors flight, alongside his lawyers, over a minor problem with the plane. The dramatic incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday, June 23, when Kashamu... Read More

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Senator Kashamu withdraws N20bn lawsuit against OBJ

Senator Buruji Kashamu, has withdrawn a N20.1 billion libel suit he instituted against former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Kashamu, who represents Ogun-East in the National Assembly, had filed the suit before a Federal Capital Territory court in Abuja. According to Punch Newspapers, the presiding judge, Justice Valentine Ashi, struck out the suit on May 26, 2015, following the notice... Read More

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Buruj Kashamu takes part in Senate election, receives applause

Senator Buruji Kashamu, was present at the Senate chambers of the National Assembly, today, June 9, as Bukola Saraki, was elected President of the Senate. Only yesterday, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos quashed the extradition proceedings and the provisional warrant of arrest gotten by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to extradite the Ogun East senator-elect,... Read More

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Buruji Kashamu is untouchable… for now

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has quashed the extradition proceedings and the provisional warrant of arrest gotten by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to extradite the Ogun East senator-elect, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, to the United States to face alleged drug trafficking charges. The court, through another judge also restrained the NDLEA from arresting and... Read More

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Kashamu, NDLEA in war of words over extradition

While the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, says it has served a notice on Senator-elect of Ogun East, Prince Buruji Kashamu for his extradition to the United States of America, Kashamu’s counsel, Ajibola Oluyede, denied being served any extradition letter, stating that a copy of the process was dropped in the office on Monday. In... Read More

Kashamu shares his testimony after being left alone by NDLEA

by Damilola Jagun Ogun state, Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, is extremely relieved and immensely grateful, after the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, vacated his home, following the siege laid to the premises for 6 days. The NDLEA agents had attempted to arrest him and facilitate his extradition to the United States to answer drug-related... Read More

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“This is not the end” | NDLEA informs Kashamu

by Damilola Jagun The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has informed senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, that the effort to extradite him to the United States to face criminal charges, is not over. On Saturday, May 23, 2015, the NDLEA operatives had besieged Kasamu’s home in Lekki area of Lagos, and placed Kashamu under house arrest. The agency would however,... Read More

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“Arrest or extradition of Kashamu is illegal” – Federal High Court gives judgement

by Kolapo Olapoju Security agencies in Nigeria have been restrained from arresting and transporting the Senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, to the United States to stand trial on drug-trafficking charges. The judgement was given on Wednesday, May 27, by a Federal High Court in Lagos. Delivering the judgement, Justice Okon Abang, declared the... Read More

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Immanuel Ugwu : Kashamu Buruji- “God” On Trial

Op-Ed Editor | 10:04 by Immanuel Ugwu Well, Tinubu saw through God’s gimmick. Tinubu spurned God’s flattery. And he advised God to quit seeking escape in forced sycophancy. Tinubu counseled God to prepare for His inevitable trial. Some forms of hard drugs are often indistinguishable from inert face powder. But once they are fed into... Read More

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NDLEA rejects court order to vacate Kashamu’s house

by Damilola Jagun The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has refused to respect a Federal High Court order, that it should vacate the premises of Senator elect, Buruji Kashamu. The NDLEA had laid siege on his house since Saturday, May 23, responding to the extradition request made by the US, where Kashamu is wanted... Read More

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NDLEA ordered to ‘immediately’ leave Kashamu’s home

by Kolapo Olapoju The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, have been ordered to immediately leave the premises of Ogun-East, Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu. The order was given by a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, May 26. NDLEA agents had surrounded Kashamu’s residence in Lekki Phase 1 since Saturday, stating that it received a formal extradition... Read More

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Kashamu was known as ‘God’ during drug trafficking days

by Kolapo Olapoju The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, says Buruji Kashamu, was known as ‘God’, among other names, during his days as the leader of an heroin trafficking ring. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Mitchell Ofoyeju, on Sunday, May 24, said: “According to official report, Kashamu has been on the wanted list of both the US Drug... Read More

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Kashamu is my brother, I didn’t tell my wife to arrest him – Bode George

by Kolapo Olapoju A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George, has denied the claims that he was behind the ordeal of Buruji Kashamu. Kashamu’s home has been laid siege to by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, since Saturday, with the intention of arresting and extraditing him to the United States.... Read More

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Buruji Kashamu’s home surrounded by NDLEA

by Damilola Jagun The home of Ogun state Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, has been surrounded by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). According to Channels TV, the NDLEA is making moves to extradite the Kashamu to the United States of America to answer drug related charges against him in the country. Kashamu had... Read More

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This PDP chieftain believes Kashamu is as sinless as a baby

by Kolapo Olapoju A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, in Ogun State, believes that Prince Buruji Kashamu has done nothing wrong to warrant being shipped to the United States of America to face drug-related offences. Chief Toyin Umar says that the Senator-elect has no sin to warrant such a treatment, adding that the move... Read More

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Kashamu drags 12 major security agencies to court over extradition plot

by Kolapo Olapoju The fear of Judge Norgle is the beginning of Kashamu’s desperation. Buruji Kashamu is trying his damnedest to avoid being shipped to face his demon- ‘Judge Norgle’ in the United States on alleged drug-related offences. The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District, has pulled a... Read More

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“I am here today to tell you that I’m not dead” | “One can no longer walk both sides of the street at the same time” | These are our top 7 quotes of the week

by Kolapo Olapoju 1. “Let us make sacrifices and deliver on what we promised the people to make our jobs as members of the executive much easier. People should feel secure in Nigeria. Let us give confidence to the people who voted us in no matter who you are, you should get justice. Whatever we... Read More

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Akin Osuntokun: The day of reckoning has arrived for Buruji Kashamu and other frenemies of Jonathan

by Akin Osuntokun At a slightly refined level, the one and only Allison-Maduekwe, who bestrode the petroleum resources like a colossus (to borrow the Nigerian parlance) conclusively proved herself a most devastating liability to Jonathan very much in the manner that the biblical femme fatale Delilah pulled down the mighty Samson. Perhaps nothing symbolises the... Read More

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Opinion: Will Buhari extradite Buruji Kashamu to the US for prosecution?

by Adekoya Boladale From the breezing climate of the East to the ancient brown roofs of Ibadan, the rocky lands of Abeokuta up to the desert plains of the Nigerian savanah, the message of change rumbled through households, ransacked villages and huts. Some say it is a message of hope, some believe it is an... Read More

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December 28, 2014

‘We are tired of him…’ – PDP leader, Kashamu opens up on his grouse with OBJ

by Akan Ido Buruji Kashamu, the Chairman, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-west, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of pursuing a selfish interests without considering the next generation. Kashamu who has had a running battle with the former military General spoke to journalists recently saying his spat... Read More

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December 22, 2014

No time: Forget court order, OBJ’s book is readily available in Lagos traffic

by Kolapo Olapoju In spite of an order by a Federal Capital Territory High Court judge, Justice Valentine Ashi, giving security agents authority to confiscate the autobiography of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, the books have reportedly appeared on the streets of Lagos. Pirated copies of the controversial publication: “My Watch” are being sold for... Read More

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October 12, 2014

Don’t beg, just do the needful – OBJ tells GEJ, others

by Isi Esene Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has told President Goodluck Jonathan to do the needful instead of inundating him with pleas of forgiveness. Obasanjo who was the president before late Umar Musa Yar’Adua said this today following his return from South Africa where he had gone to deliberate on South Sudan’s increasing insecurity and violence.... Read More

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September 19, 2014

Buruji Kashamu is wanted by the US || The PDP chieftain says he is not guilty

by Godwin Akanfe In reaction to claims made by the United States concerning his involvement in the smuggling of drugs, a chieftain of the Peoples democratic Party (PDP), in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, has accused the US of judiciary of racism. The Chieftain, alongside 14 others were in 1998 charged by a federal grand jury... Read More

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January 24, 2014

OBJ was right, PDP’s Buruji Kashamu is a wanted man in the US (Report)

Contrary to claims by the estranged political associate of Olusegun Obasanjo and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, that he is no longer wanted by the United States authorities for drugs smuggling, the U.S. has confirmed that Kashamu is still very much wanted. In an exclusive email obtained by AfricanSpotlight from... Read More

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December 23, 2013

10 things you SHOULD know from Pres. Jonathan’s open letter to OBJ

by Oge Okonkwo The much awaited reply from President Jonathan in response to ex-president Obasanjo’s letter written to him over a fortnight ago has arrived and its open letter for open letter. After going through the letter from Jonathan, here are the 10 things we learnt: 1. President Jonathan was as reluctant as Iyabo Obasanjo... Read More

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