Former Ogun PDP chairman sold out because of pecuniary gains —Kashamu
Senator Buruji Kashamu has accused Chief Bayo Dayo, the suspended former Ogun State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of selling out because of pecuniary gains.
The 2019 gubernatorial candidate of the PDP in Ogun State, who made the accusation in a press release issued on Wednesday, claimed that Dayo chose to betray those he had led for eight years by attempting to sell the party structure through a shady reconciliation arrangement.
Kashamu made the comments while reacting to a statement by the former Ogun PDP chairman who said that he ran out of favour with Kashamu because of his efforts at reconciling members of the party.
According to Kashamu, “To set the records straight, I wish to say that nothing can be farther from the truth. Dayo sold out because of pecuniary gains.”
The statement reads in part, “About four weeks to the end of his second term as state chairman, Dayo decided to betray those he had led for eight years and purportedly sold the party structure through a shady reconciliation arrangement. He kept the remaining 35 per cent for himself.
“It is this selfish and lopsided sharing ratio that they wanted to use to set up an imaginary caretaker committee. This is the same group that signed a three-year agreement with the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) on the 7th of March, 2019. The agreement is still valid till 2022 as it has not been renounced till date.
“How can an individual trade-off a structure that has taken people huge resources and many years to build because he is a party chairman? Can Sikirulai Ogundele, who is on the other side, enter into any agreement or negotiation with anyone without carrying along Hon. Ladi Adebutu and other stakeholders? ” Kashamu asked.
According to him, “One of those he confided in and tried to convince to join him in the venture is Samuel Olayinka Soneye. In his statement to the police and sworn affidavit in court, Soneye said Dayo told him that Ladi Adebutu offered him money to trade off the PDP structure in Ogun State.
“Dayo informed the former chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Comrade Abayomi Arabambi, that Adebutu offered him money with an upfront payment.
“He also told Mr. Adeleke Shittu, who is his cousin, at various times that he was offered the money to do the bidding of the Adebutus under the pretext of uniting the party.
“A serving member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Sylvester ‘Niyi Abiodun, who is also related to him, confirmed that too.
“Furthermore, Dayo’s successor, Hon. Samson Bamgbose, corroborated the above witnesses’ statements and added that he was offered some dollars which Dayo told him. “All these witnesses have voluntarily made statements to the police and deposed to affidavits affirming the above-stated facts,” Kashamu concluded.
The accusation of the politician came days after he alerted the police to the alleged planned invasion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) State Secretariat in Abeokuta by armed thugs.
In a petition addressed to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2, the former lawmaker claimed that the invasion may be carried out after the COVID-19 lockdown in the state was lifted.
He also accused the suspended PDP chieftain in the state, Chief Adebayo Dayo, of impersonation, forgery, threats to life and attempt to cause chaos and breach of peace in the state.
Kashamu alleged that the PDP chieftain had hired suspected cultists to attack him, adding he (Dayo) keeps guns under the guise of being a hunter.