Kashamu Defies PDP Suspension Order, Unveils Aspirants For 2019 Election

Kashamu Defies PDP Suspension Order, Unveils Aspirants For 2019 Election

Senator Buruji Kashamu and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyalists on Thursday said the suspension order from the party is inconsequential and went ahead to unveil the party’s aspirants for the 2019 general elections in the state.

Kashamu, representing Ogun East in the National Assembly, was recently expelled by the PDP national leadership alongside three other chieftains of the party.

But the lawmaker, in an apparent show of strength, made a grand entry to the party secretariat located along the Presidential Boulevard, Abeokuta, where he vowed to mobilize relentlessly for the PDP to succeed in 2019.

Thousands of PDP members and supporters across the 20 local government areas of the state defied the rains to participate in the event.

In his remarks, Kashamu faulted the sanction meted out on him, saying any attempt to expel him amounts to “effort in futility.”

The senator, who was accompanied by Chief Adebayo Dayo, Alhaji Semiu Sodipo and Hon. Segun Seriki, who were similarly expelled, argued that he enjoys court protection from expulsion.

He said, “How can somebody expel you when you are committed to the party? The party is not individual. I want to authoritatively inform you that I, Senator Buruji Kashamu, remain a member of PDP. Aside from that, I have court order that protects me from being expelled by anybody.

“Any attempt to expel me is effort in futility. You know general election is coming, that is when all of you should go out to mobilize to succeed in 2019.

“Very soon, there will be official declaration. My struggle at the national is to liberate the masses from the oppressed.”

Also speaking, Chief Adebayo Dayo, who is the chairman of the Kashamu-backed faction, said the PDP remains loved by the generality of the people.

He also took a swipe at the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, saying he was treading on the path of illegality by seeking to expel him and others.

Dayo said, “Today, a man that is expelled from the party by Uche Secondus is having so much followers. I did not come here to bring food for everybody but we have genuine followers in Ogun state. And today we are celebrating our aspirants.

“We never had so much crowd at this secretariat, but because people are very much annoyed about the pronouncement expelling Adebayo Dayo, the chairman of PDP in Ogun state and Prince Buruji Kashamu, the good senator representing Ogun East. You can see that we are accepted by the people, not because of money, not because of anything, but, because the people have genuine love for us.

“I can tell you that come 2019, we are going to win in Ogun state. This is the only place where we have PDP. I am not the factional chairman of PDP, I am the executive chairman of the party until April 2020.”