Obansanjo Was Behind Asari Dokubo's Arrest in Benin Republic

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, came under a fresh attack from the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-west, Chief Buruji Kashamu, who described him as a hypocrite and his letter "an 18-page satanic letter"

Kashamu spoke in response to a letter purported written to the National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, by Obasanjo alleging that the leadership of the party in the South-west is now in the hand of a drug baron.

Obasanjo, also in the purported letter, dated January 7, 2014, notified Tukur of his withdrawal from the PDP, hinging his decision on the imposition of Kashamu, who he described as a criminal wanted abroad, on the party as its South-west zonal leader.

“In his usual hypocritical manner, he (Obasanjo) talked about not being able to work with me because of his principles and decency. Where was his discipline when he hosted me severally in his Hilltop mansion, taking me into his bedroom and innermost recesses? Where was his decency when he accepted donations from me to his church and other concerns?  Where was his gumption when he mounted the rostrum to sing my praises, praying for me as he did in May 2010 during a reception for the former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye? I can go on and on!

“Let me state from the outset that contrary to Obasanjo’s claim, I am not the leader of the party in the South-west. I am just one of the party’s foot soldiers in the zone and it is in that capacity that I am made the chairman  of the Organisation and Mobilisation Committee for the party in the zone. It is indeed preposterous for anyone to call me the leader of the party in a zone that parades political juggernauts like Chief Olabode George, Alhaji Shuaibu Oyedokun, Senator Lekan Balogun, Senator Iyiola Omisore, Senator Teslim Folarin, Alhaji Yekeen Adeojo, Senator Clement Awoyelu, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, Senator Bode Olajumoke and a host of others. All these leaders know me and can attest to the fact that I defer to them even when we disagree a times” Kashamu said yesterday.

The Chairman of the Organisation and Mobilisation Committee for the PDP in the South-west alleged that Obasanjo was behind the detention, late last year, of the former militant leader and founder of the Niger-Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPUF), in Benin Republic.

“I am even told that just like he did to Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, he has even gone as far as asking the Beninoise government to frame me up anytime I visit the country,” the PDP South-west leader said.