A crowd of political supporters and sympathizers on Sunday thronged the country home of Senator Buruji Kashamu, the strong man of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ijebu – Igbo, Ogun State to pay their last respects.
The mourners, cutting across religious, political and ethnic divides, including Ogun Governor, Dapo Abiodun, wailed as the body of Kashamu arrived home for burial according to Islamic rites.
Overwhelmed by a sense of loss of the philantropist and dogged political fighter, many of his supporters paid scanty attention to safe physical distance or wearing of face masks as they bathed with sorrow over his passing.
Abiodun arrived at exactly 10:39am with his entourage.
The late politician’s running mate on the ticket of the Peoples’ Democratic Party in Ogun during the 2019 governorship election, Dr Reuben Abati and a former Deputy Governor Prince Segun Adesegun were also present for the late senator’s burial.
Kashamu who died at the age of 62 was buried at around 12:55 pm on Sunday
Ogun Governor Dapo Abiodun was part of the crowd that bidded the politician a tearful farewell.
Sympathisers shunned COVID-19 protocols during the burial with many of them struggling to have a good view of the funeral activities.
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