Buruji Kashamu | |
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 Senator Kashamu | |
| Senator for Ogun East | |
| In office 9 June 2015 – April 2019 Serving with Lanre Tejuosho Joseph Dada | |
| Preceded by | Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka |
| Succeeded by | Ramoni Olalekan Mustapha |
| Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on State and local Governments | |
| In office 9 June 2015 – April 2019 | |
| Succeeded by | Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi |
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| Born | Buruji Kashamu 19 May 1958 Ijebu-Igbo, Western Region, British Nigeria |
| Died | 8 August 2020 (aged 62) Lagos, Nigeria |
| Political party | People's Democratic Party |
| Residence(s) | Abuja (official) Ogun (private) |
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Buruji Kashamu (; 19 May 1958 – 8 August 2020) was a Nigerian politician who served as a Senator representing Ogun East in the 8th National Assembly. Ogun East covers eleven local government areas: Ijebu North East, Ijebu North, Ijebu-Ode, Ijebu East, Ikenne, Odogbolu, Remo North, Sagamu, and Ogun Waterside. Senator Kashamu was the vice-chairman of the Senate Committee on States and Local Government.[1]
He was a chieftain of the People's Democratic Party, PDP in Ogun State. He was appointed as the chairman, Organization and Mobilization Committee of the PDP in the South West zone of Nigeria.[2] In 2018, he was expelled from the People's Democratic Party,[3][4][5] a decision later voided by an Abuja High Court in October 2018. He was the 2019 Ogun State gubernatorial election candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria on 8 August 2020.
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- ^ Adeyinka, Abimbola. "Abimbola Adeyinka: So I investigated that Buruji Kashamu's honourary PhD and here's what I found out". The Scoop. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ Fabiyi, Olusola. "PDP expels Buruji Kashamu, three others". The Punch. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Ayitogo, Nasir (23 July 2018). "Breaking: PDP expels Buruji Kashamu, three others". Premium Times. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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