Kashamu Denies Assassination Plot against Daniel, Writes IG, DSS

The senator representing Ogun East senatorial district, Buruji Kashamu, has denied the claim by former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel, that he sent assassins after him.

Kashamu, in a letter to the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Idris Ibrahim, yesterday said: “The less-than-clever attempt to link me with the alleged attack on Daniel’s residence is politically-motivated.”

“It is part of the grand plot by Daniel to subvert the due process and the rule of law in the state where he seeks to foist an illegal caretaker committee on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state despite the subsisting and binding court judgment which expressly states that the Adebayo Dayo-led state Exco-which I belong to-should remain in office till 2020.”

Kashamu said there was no better proof that the petition was politically-motivated than his reference to the Supreme Court judgment on the party’s national leadership crisis.

“The authentic PDP Exco in Ogun State under the leadership of Dayo has the final judgment and orders in its favour that are yet to be appealed, set aside or upturned. The orders and judgment are binding on the Police and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who were parties in the suit.

“This cock and bull story of an attack is part of Daniel’s desperate bid to seek relevance, revive his dimming political career and hijack the structure of the PDP in the state.

“He merely wants to turn the heat on his perceived political opponent and perpetuate the illegal caretaker in the state. He is afraid that some genuine and concerned party members could resist the brazen illegality and disregard for the rule of law which his actions represent being the arrowhead of the illegal caretaker committee despite being aware of the existence of the democratically-elected and the judicially approved state PDP Exco.

“It might interest you to note that as law-abiding citizen, instead of raising false alarm like Daniel, the Dayo-led state Exco had written two letters dated August 14 and 15, 2017, to your office wherein your attention was drawn to the illegal acts of Daniel and his collaborators and how they could threaten the peace and lead to chaos in Ogun State, if not checked (The letters are marked Annexures 3 and 4). A careful perusal of the two petitions and the attached documents would give you an insight into the undercurrents of this unfounded alarm.

“It was therefore a surprise to me when at about 7p.m. last Friday, my attention was drawn to the fact that Daniel, a known pathological liar, wrote a petition against me, and the document was being circulated on the social media by his cyber team,” Kashamu said.

The senator further stated that “I wish to emphasise that Daniel’s allegations of an attempted assassination on his life and naming me as the prime suspect are not only unfounded, spurious and tenuous but also a product of his malicious imagination. I have been in Lagos State since the National Assembly went on recess last month. I do not have a killer squad like Daniel and my phone lines and call logs are available for scrutiny.

“Like he said, it is true that we have had political differences since 2009 after working together for some time. Even at that, not once have I been linked with any form of violence. I prosecute my political battles in the court of law and the court of public opinion which he acknowledged in his petition, albeit irreverently. But, I can say without any fear of contradiction that the same cannot be said of Daniel.”

Kashamu raised posers: “Now, the questions are: Were there five policemen in the house or not? How come it was only one that was seen and without a gun? Is it right for a policeman to hide his gun somewhere and sleep in another place, especially at night? Would the alleged assassins be so daft to have left the only policemen they saw and concentrated more on the less risky and unarmed gateman? Where in a toilet can a gun be possibly kept? Was the incident reported at the nearest police station when it happened? If yes, who did? If not, why? Are there no close-circuit cameras (CCTV) in the house?

“As for me, I have no interest in Daniel’s death or that of any human being. If I engaged him as a sitting governor with tact and intelligence, why would I want to attack or assassinate him now? This was a man who could not stop my election in 2015 despite the presidential election funds he cornered. He worked against me and the PDP at the poll. Yet, we triumphed. The almighty Allah who has always made me to triumph over my adversaries is on the throne and He will continue to deliver me from their evil plots and give me resounding victory and good success over and above them.”