By Michael Adesanya/Abeokuta
A Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ogun State chapter, Senator Buruji Kashamu has vowed to battle the suspended Chairman of the party in the state, Engr. Bayo Dayo till the end, insisting it is royal battle.
Kashamu described Dayo as a bad leader and a greedy politician without conscience, vowed to challenge the illegality and injustice within the ambits of the law and other internal mechanisms of the party.
The PDP leader, is in a statement he signed personally on Sunday and made available to newsmen, said he never opposed to any reconciliatory move by the party, insisting that there was never a genuine reconciliation moves
with other faction led by Ladi Adebutu.
He explained that as a politician, he cannot operate in isolation.
He maintained that, when the acting party Chairman in the state, Hon. Samson Bamgbose and some leaders of the party informed him about the need to reconcile both warring factions, he told them to ensure all stakeholders were involved in the process after the congresses.
Kashamu, a former Senator who represented Ogun East Senatorial district in the last National Assembly, stressed that, he viewed the reconciliation move as imperative but with a condition that Ladi Adebutu publicly repudiate the three-year agreement he had with the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
He added that, instead for Bayo Dayo to embrace openness and transparency, he chose to sidestep everyone and went behind to betray the party structure and purportedly sold it.
His words: “On reconciliation, I have never opposed any reconciliatory move because I know a tree does not make a forest. But, having shown his hands, Dayo cannot preside over any reconciliatory move. He cannot even be part of it because he does not have the integrity to do so. Rather, it should be championed by those who have the trust and confidence of the two main tendencies. The National leadership of the party is in a better position to call everyone, hear from them and resolve the issues in order for the PDP to move forward in Ogun State.
“As a matter of fact, when Chief Dayo, Chief R.A Adenaike (a.k.a Baba Oloolu), Dr. Remilekun Bakare, Chief Kola Sorinola and the Acting PDP Chairman in Ogun State, Hon. Samson Bamgbose (a.k.a Imisi) came to meet me about the need for reconciliation, I told them that it was a good idea so long as they carry key stakeholders along after the congresses. I also told them that it was imperative for the other people to publicly repudiate the three-year agreement that they had with the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
The statement indicated “But, Dayo chose to sidestep everyone and went behind to betray structure and purportedly sold it. This is nothing but a scam! There was no genuine reconciliation in his moves. Reconciliation is a process. Parties have to meet, discuss and agree on the modalities and terms of settlement. There was no way he would think that just because he was the State Chairman, he could decide for all the leaders, elders and stakeholders”
On purported agreement, signed by Dayo, Kashamu said “Any purported agreement that Chief Dayo signed with anyone would not stand. Doing so after he was suspended for anti-party activities renders the whole move a nullity. It can never work. When we get to that bridge, we would cross it. He is trying hard to justify the money he was paid to betray all the party leaders and executives”.
The statement added “His son spent nine years with me. During the period, he diverted and stole many things, including money, marble and granite, among others, which he used to build a house and bought 120-acres of land where he has a farm in Ijebu-Igbo. While supervising the building of the over N600 million worth Omoilu Foundation Complex, he inflated the bills of his contractor-friends.”
“When Chief Dayo was confronted with all these by Dr. Bakare and Comrade Abayomi Arabambi, he said one should eat from where he works. This means he is an accomplice. At the appropriate time, the law will take its course. He may well spend the rest of his life shuttling between various Police formations and the court. It is going to be battle royal,” he added.