Sen. Buruji Kashamu |
Sen. Buruji Kashamu (PDP – Ogun East) has denied involvement
in the crisis rocking the Lagos State Chapter of the party, ahead of council
polls in the state.
The senator was reacting to an allegation by a factional
Chairman of the party in the state, Mr Moshood Salvador, that he (Kashamu) was
partly responsible for the crisis rocking the chapter.
Salvador made the allegation in Lagos on Wednesday while
announcing his faction’s alliance with the Labour Party for the July 22 Lagos
State polls.
PDP candidates from the Salvador-led faction were not
recognised for the election by the Lagos State Independent Electoral
Commission.
In a statement issued by his media aide, Mr Austin Onyiokor,
Kashamu, described the allegation as baseless.
He said that he had not interfered with the affairs of the
Lagos State chapter of the party and that he would never do.
Kashamu advised Salvador and his supporters to take responsibility
for the crisis as well as the failure of the party to secure victory in the
state for the past 18years.
“Blaming me for something I know nothing about instead of
taking responsibility is uncalled for,” he said.
He described the alliance between the Salvador-led faction
and the Labour Party for the July 22 polls as “good riddance”.
PDP in the Lagos State has been factionalised along the
national leadership tussle between Sen. Ali-Modu Sheriff and former Gov. Ahmed
Makarfi.
While Salvador belongs to Makarfi’s PDP National Caretaker
Committee, the Segun Adewale-led faction of the state PDP aligned with Sheriff.
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission has
recognised the Adewale-led faction based on the Appeal Court judgment affirming
Sheriff as Acting National Chairman.
The Salvador-led faction on Wednesday entered into an
alliance with the Labour Party to enable its candidates to participate in the
July 22 polls.
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