Buruji Kashamu

Buruji Kashamu
Buruji Kashamu
	Senator Kashamu
Senator for Ogun East
	In office; 9 June 2015 – April 2019 Serving with Lanre Tejuosho; Joseph Dada
Preceded by	Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka
Succeeded by	Ramoni Olalekan Mustapha
Vice-Chairman of the ; Senate Committee on State and local Governments
	In office; 9 June 2015 – April 2019
Succeeded by	Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi
Personal details
Born	Buruji Kashamu; 19 May 1958; Ijebu-Igbo, Western Region, British Nigeria
Died	8 August 2020 (aged 62); Lagos, Nigeria
Political party	People's Democratic Party
Residence(s)	Abuja (official); Ogun (private)
Alma mater	Igbobi College; University of Lagos; Pitman College;
Profession	Businessman; politician;
Awards	NANS Golden Man of the Year 2015; Cambridge University (Honorary PhD. Philosophy);

Buruji Kashamu (Listen^ⓘ; 19 May 1958 – 8 August 2020) was a Nigerian politician who served as a Senator representing Ogun East in the 8th National Assembly. Ogun East covers eleven local government areas: Ijebu North East, Ijebu North, Ijebu-Ode, Ijebu East, Ikenne, Odogbolu, Remo North, Sagamu, and Ogun Waterside. Senator Kashamu was the vice-chairman of the Senate Committee on States and Local Government.

He was a chieftain of the People's Democratic Party, PDP in Ogun State. He was appointed as the chairman, Organization and Mobilization Committee of the PDP in the South West zone of Nigeria. In 2018, he was expelled from the People's Democratic Party, a decision later voided by an Abuja High Court in October 2018. He was the 2019 Ogun State gubernatorial election candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria on 8 August 2020.

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