“Desperate” “Blinded By Ambition” “Extremely Dangerous” & “Frittering Away Father’s Hard Earned Resources” Senator Kashamu Buruji Comes Hard On Reps Member Ladi Adebutu Over Shadowy Moves Achieve Guber Ambition

The underground fight between People’s Democratic Party chieftains in Ogun state, Senator Buruji Kashamu and House of Representatives member Ladi Adebutu has erupted into the open.

And one has publicly com hard on the other.

Prince Kashamu Buruji has released a scathing statement that has blown the lid off the underground battle that has attempts to become next governor of Ogun state at the heart of the matter.

The statement is produced as sourced
My attention has been drawn to yet another campaign of calumny being waged against me by a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ladi Adebutu and tactless lawyer called Yemi Oke using the old worn-out tales that are already too familiar, as published in some media reports and advert published on the 4th and 5th of August, 2016 in The Nation and The Punch newspapers respectively.
Since they know that they cannot substantiate the allegations against me, they chose to hide under an amorphous and self-styled Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) known as the Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development (AIED). I know this is a classic case of the voice of Jacob and the hand of Esau.
The reason for the latest onslaught is because Adebutu has declared his interest to be the Governor of Ogun State in 2019 and he strangely believes that I am an obstacle to his gaining total control of the party structure that must be crushed.
Thankfully, Nigeria is well on its way to probity, lawfulness and fairness. There is no remote possibility that we could someday decline to the throes of a Banana republic where monkeys and kangaroos tumble justice. Our democracy is resilient and currently in safe hands that are guided by the rule of law. Thus, despite the scheming and shenanigans of my political opponents, I remain hopeful and confident in our justice system and the commitment of the Federal Government to defend the rights of all Nigerians.

By the grace of the Almighty Allah Subhana wa tala, I am an employer of labour and an empowerer of people from all walks of life. I am visible. Certainly, I am not an outlaw, as the courts, both at home and abroad, have found that I do not have anything to do with the allegation (s). The Nigeria of today is walking the same path with the bastions of democracy, custodians of the rule of law and defenders of human rights like the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Even by its (the group’s) own admission and in their averments, there were two extradition proceedings against me in the United Kingdom, “…both unsuccessful, ending finally in January 2003 when the presiding judge refused to order him extradited”. The law forbids double jeopardy. If they

themselves know that I had faced extradition proceedings twice, so which campaign of calumny are they embarking upon?
What is more, the Constitution is the grundnorm of a country and democracy. And Section 36 (9) of the 1999 Constitution says, “No person who shows that he has been tried by any court of competent jurisdiction or tribunal for a criminal offence and either convicted or acquitted shall again be tried for that offence or for a criminal offence having the same ingredients as that offence save upon the order of a superior court.”

THE ISSUE
For the umpteenth time, I want to clearly state that I am not wanted anywhere. I have not committed any offence to warrant such. In life, events happen in ways that are beyond human comprehension. Such events will test our resolve to fight and overcome challenges. But, one thing that is certain is that the truth will always prevail.

I have never lived in or visited the United States all my life. I was wrongly introduced into an indictment and was arrested and tried for it in the United Kingdom at the instance of the Government of the United States. After an extradition trial that lasted four years, the British judiciary – one of the best in the world – ruled in my favour twice and released me.
The British court did not merely find that the evidence did not establish a prima facie case against me; the court positively found that it was another person (not me) that committed the offence and proceeded to describe the person in its judgment. That judgment was not and has not been appealed till date. That is clearly an obstacle to any further proceedings against me. In effect, the British court established that it was a case of mistaken identity.
Having won the extradition proceedings twice in London, it ought not to be brought again. But when the plot to abduct me between the 23rd and 28th of May, 2015 failed, those behind the plot instigated the authorities to file a purported fresh extradition suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
It is a matter of public record that the Court in a judgment delivered on the 1st of July, 2015 in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/479/2015 dismissed the suit. A similar case instituted in respect of the same matter was nullified, culminating in the dismissal of the purported extradition proceeding. It is elementary that once a suit is dismissed, it can no longer be filed again. How a so-called lawyer decided to seek to resurrect a dead case beats my imagination. Worse still, he chose to use a fake organization that is not known to law.
THE UNDERCURRENTS
A desperate man, blinded by unbridled ambition, is an extremely dangerous person to deal with. That is the case of Ladi Adebutu. The almighty Allah used me for him to get the ticket into the House of Representatives; a ticket he had sought for twelve (12) years without any luck. Eight of those years, he served under former Governor Gbenga Daniel without being deemed fit to be given a ticket to contest any election.
I accepted him as a brother, especially with the love that his father had shown to me. I supported him through the party structure to win the primary election. But to my greatest surprise, as soon as he won his election, he began to work underground to get the Election Petitions Tribunal to nullify my election, that of the other PDP Reps member and nine (9) House of Assembly members. He wanted to be the ONLY elected PDP official in the state in order to prepare himself for his future ambition. Rather shockingly but true, the Ogun State Election Petitions Tribunal nullified my election, the House Reps member and majority of the House of Assembly members. He tried all within his powers to sack us. We appealed; and thankfully, we won and our mandates were restored.
It was when his plot failed and barely six months into his four-year term that he declared his governorship ambition. And to him, in order to achieve his aim, he must have the party structure, willy-nilly. Ladi Adebutu then began his campaign of calumny, writing all manner of petitions against me and the same State Exco that gave him the ticket to the House of Representatives!
CONCLUSION
This is clearly a campaign of calumny against me by Ladi Adebutu and Yemi Oke who think I am a stumbling block to his (Adebutu’s) governorship ambition.
A man who obstinately carries on like a prodigal son frittering away his father’s hard earned resources for the benefit of an unscrupulous lawyer and accomplice leaves much to be desired. This infamous duo, in their delusion as exemplified in the court process against me, assumes everyone else is as deluded as they are. Otherwise, how else can one explain the fact that in their desperation to make a mountain out of a molehill, they joined the US Embassy as a defendant in the suit?
They sued an Embassy that enjoys special diplomatic immunity and therefore cannot sue or be sued in its name. No individual or organization has the powers to sue a sovereign state or government of any nation, let alone its foreign mission, such as the Embassy.
They also joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Senate in the suit, asking the court to compel them to take certain nebulous and ridiculous actions as if there is a public duty imposed on them that they have failed to discharge in respect of the subject matter. But what they do not know is that the influence and integrity of these institutions cannot and will never allow them to validate such infamy. They do not know that we are in country that is governed by law and order; hence no government or any of its institutions will allow anyone to coerce or coax them to resort to illegalities.
It is however stunning that someone who calls himself a lawyer and a PhD holder in Law does not know this simple principle. It is no wonder that such dysfunctional reasoning underpins the massively defective suits that he has been filing, raising obvious questions about the authenticity of his learnedness. The latest is a suit which, in medical parlance, is referred to as “dead on arrival”.
I am a Nigerian. I am proud of my heritage. I can never run away from the law or due process. I am a firm believer in the rule of law, equity and justice.
Therefore, no amount of blackmail, intimidation and harassment would deter me. I shall continue to commit myself to championing the cause of the masses, impacting lives and empowering the people.
I have never wished evil for any human being. I have never done anything bad to Ladi Adebutu or denied him whatever is due to him. He has been the one doing everything to pull me down, but the Almighty Allah Subhana wa tala has been my stay and strength. The spurious case and sponsored publications against me are some of his latest shenanigans. Despite his evil plots and actions against me, I will continue to wish him well. But he should know and remember the Law of Karma; what goes around comes around because the universe will surely serve him the revenge he deserves!

Senator Kashamu Buruji