Kashumu’s life history a lesson “lessons for those of us on this side of the veil” : Obasanjo
Former Senator, Buruji Kashamu, has died of complications of COVID-19.
He was aged 62.
His former colleague and close friend, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, announced this in a tweet on Saturday.
“I have just lost my good friend of forever to #COVID19,” Murray-Bruce said. “Until his death, Sen. Buruji Kashamu and I were inseparable.
“He died today at First Cardiology Consultants, in Lagos. May his gentle soul rest in peace. I pray his family and loved ones the fortitude to bear this heavy loss.”
I have just lost my good friend of forever to #COVID19. Until his death, Sen. Buruji Kashamu and I were inseparable. He died today at First Cardiology Consultants, in Lagos. May his gentle soul rest in peace. I pray his family and loved ones the fortitude to bear this heavy loss. pic.twitter.com/OJGIt0VK3n
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) August 8, 2020
Kashamu served as a Senator representing Ogun-East in the eighth National Assembly under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He joins a list of prominent Nigerians who have succumbed to the novel coronavirus.
The first high profile casualty of COVID-19 in Nigeria was late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari.
Former Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi, also similarly died from COVID-19 complications in June.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in a condolence message to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Saturday, said Kashamu’s life and history should be a source of “lessons for those of us on this side of the veil.”
“Senator Buruji Kashamu in his lifetime used the maneuver of law and politics to escape from facing justice on alleged criminal offence in Nigeria and outside Nigeria,” Obasanjo said, according to a statement signed by his spokesman Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo.
“But no legal, political, cultural, social, or even medical maneuver could stop the cold hand of death when the Creator of all of us decides that the time is up.
“May Allah forgive his sin and accept his soul into Aljanah, and may God grant his family and friends fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”
Senator Kashamu had engaged the Federal Government battle over extradition to the US to face alleged drug trafficking charges.
