The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled Buruji Kashamu, the senator representing Ogun East at the National Assembly, from its fold.
Also expelled with Kashamu were three other members: Bayo Dayo, Segun Sarki and Sanimu Sodipo, all from Ogun State.
Their sack from the party was announced on Monday by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party, after an emergency meeting of PDP’s National Executive Committee in Abuja.
The PDP once suspended Kashamu, in 2011. For years, he has been at loggerheads with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who has never passed up an opportunity to say he couldn’t be in the same party with a drug baron.
Kashamu is wanted in the US for drug-related offences but has repeatedly claimed innocence and resisted efforts to extradite him. However, in May, the Appeal Court ruled against him, meaning he could yet be extradited.
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