More troubles for Kashamu as FG orders EFCC to probe his firm over stamp duty collection; Ogun senator talks tough, says action mischievous

Embattled Senator Buruji Kashamu (Ogun East, PDP) is in the news again.
For the wrong reason.
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to launch an investigation on the involvement of Kasmal International Services Limited with stamp duty collection.
Kasmal is owned by Kashamu.
The EFCC has three weeks to submit its report on the investigation.
But the senator, in a statement, described Malami’s directive as a mischievous attempt to criminalize a purely civil contract to instigate public opinion against a lawful business enterprise that has invested effort, time and resources to open up a stream of revenue that was not in existence before.
“Although we have no doubt that right-minded observers will see the injustice in the move by the AGF’s office to deprive KASMAL of the fruits of its efforts, we believe that AGF’s directive is mischievous and calculated to bring the judicial process into disrepute. We will bring this unlawful abuse of office to the attention of the court at its next sitting on this matter on the 17th of April, 2016”, the senator said.
‎Special Adviser to the AGF on Media and Publicity, Comrade Salihu Othman Isah, said in a statement that the purported consultancy agreement entered into with Kasmal International Services Limited for the collection of stamp duty from banking and other financial institutions in the country between the Nigeria Postal Service and the company be investigated by the anti-graft commission.
It affirmed that the agreement in question led the Kasmal Group to purport to waive all arrears of remittances owned the Federal Government of Nigeria by Commercial Banks and other Financial Institutions in the Country from 2004 till the commencement of CBN Circular No CBN/GEN/DMB/02/006 of 15th January, 2015.
The letter reads: “The Chairman of Kasmal International Services Limited is one Prince B. Kashamu who is a Senator representing Ogun State in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Acting Post Master General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Postal Service is one Mr. Enoch Ade Ogun.
“You may also need to interview Ibrahim Mori Baba, the former Post Master General of the Nigerian Postal Service and B.S Yakubu, Secretary/Legal Adviser of the Nigerian Postal Service respectively in the course of your investigation.”