‘’You Are Not Invited!’’ – Kashamu’s 8th -Day Prayer Strictly For Family Members & Few Guests Organizers Tell Supporters

Charles Oyelesi

The organizers of the 8th – Day prayer for late politician Kashamu Buruji say it is strictly for family members and few invited guests.

The burial of the popular politician who died of complication from Covid-19 on Saturday August 8 2020 was a theatre of uncontrollable gathering of supporters and sympathizers in the face of fight against Covid-19.

Kashamu, a former Senator representing Ogun East was buried on Sunday August 9, 2020.

But in a bid to forestall another reenactment of gathering that defies all the protocols gathering against Covid-19, the organizers of Kashamu’s 8th day burial issue a statement signed by his daughter Sherifatu that reads…

Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un
(Verily we belong to Allah, and verily to Him do we return)

The Shodipe-Kashamu family of Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, wishes to inform the general public, lovers, associates and supporters of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle, the late Senator Buruji Kashamu, that the eighth day fidau, scheduled for Sunday, 16th August, 2020, is strictly for family members and a few invited guests – in line with the regulations of the Ogun State Government and Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.

We wish to implore the general public and all those who would have loved to be physically present to pay their last respect to our late husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle to please watch the virtual live streaming of the event on various social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Zoom.

We would appreciate if the family’s wishes can be respected during these trying times.
Thank you.

Signed
Mrs Sherifatu Kashamu- Ademakinwa
FOR: The Shodipe-Kashamu Family