South-West PDP to Makarfi: Kashamu still working for Sheriff, expel him

Senator Buruji Kashamu (PDP-Ogun East) was taken to the cleaners on Monday during the South-West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Party elders at the meeting, which held at the Civic Centre, Idi Ape, urged the National Chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, and other national leaders, to expel the Ogun politician from the party.
To them, Kashamu has done enough damage to the party in the South-West.
At the meeting were Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Bode George; former Ogun State governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel; former Chairman of the party in the South-West, Chief Oladosu Oladipo; former Leader of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Mulikat Akande; former Chairman of the party in Ogun State, Chief Joju Fadairo; Senator Iyiola Omisore, former Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan; former deputy governor of Lagos State, Senator Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele; Elder Wole Oyeleye, Chief Olufemi Lanlehin, Senator Hosea Agboola, Dr. Saka Balogun, Chief Sarafadeen Alli, Chief Sunday Ogunlade, Chief Eddy Olafeso, Chief Soboyede and others.
They believe Kashamu is a black leg “and should leave our party immediately”.
Fayose, who addressed the gathering, said: “They (national leaders) must give us an antibiotic to get rid of this monster. We have had it twice. The first one happened in Ogun State and the monster is gradually moving to other states. We had it in Edo State. Our experience in Ondo State will be the last one. We have to confront him squarely. We have told our National Leader that it is either you take us or you take him. We cannot continue to cringe before some people. This party cannot be pocketed by anybody. Enough is enough. I have never seen my friend stood up in the Senate and make one constructive grammar.
“I cannot continue to be in a room with a woman sleeping with another man. Buruji is a black leg and he has done a lot of damage in this party. God has delivered us. If we don’t deliver ourselves, then it is left for us. How can somebody be saying after the Supreme Court judgement, we should give him the structure of the party in the South West?
“This meeting will take a far-reaching decision. I want to identify with the Ogun State stakeholders. You had been living with monsters, but God has delivered you. We will continue to stand by you”.
Olafeso, the South-West Chairman of the party, accused some members of still working for Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to destabilise PDP.
He sent out those not invited to the meeting “because Alli Modu Sheriff has planted you to spy for him”.
He said: “The APC people have done a lot to destabilise the country. The PDP is back in the South-West. We need to revisit the role of the South-West. The legacy and performance have been eroded. They have desecrated the land. We need to think of how reconciliation can be achieved. South-West is known for its vibrancy, but what has happened to it? The critical thing is that this zone should be allowed to take back its destiny. We came from the background of love and harmony but we were made to be enemies of ourselves. It is high time we reconciled”.
A communique at the end of the meeting congratulated Makarfi “and other distinguished members of the National Caretaker Committee of our party over the landmark victory recorded at the Supreme Court on the 12th of July, 2017.
“The entire South-West leadership and stakeholders condemn the destabilising and anti-party activities of Senator Buruji Kashamu and demand disciplinary actions against him for his roles in the loss of the party in Ogun, Ondo and Edo states.
“The zonal leadership and stakeholders, hereby, dissociate the zone from the activities of Senator Buruji Kashamu and resolve further to, henceforth, desist from dealing with him in any capacity in the zone, and the leadership of the party in Ogun State are, hereby, directed to stop all dealings and meetings involving Senator Buruji Kashamu and his agents until further notice.
“The Zonal Leadership and stakeholders also, hereby, reject any association whatsoever with Senator Buruji Kashamu, henceforth. It is, hereby, resolved that a special committee be set up at the zonal and national levels to reach out and appeal to all those who had left the party as a result of the disruptive and destructive activities and act of sabotage visited upon the party”.