I Have Nonthing To Hide Kashamu Replies Tinubu

CHAIRMAN, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West, Prince Buruji Kashamu, has reacted to a statement credited to the former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, that he should travel along with him to the United States (US) if he has nothing to hide.

Tinubu reportedly threw the challenge while defending himself against some allegations levelled against him in some online publications.

In a statement he issued in Lagos, on Wednesday, Kashamu said there was no need for such a challenge because he did not have anything to do with the report that necessitated the reaction, adding that “I am a clean and hardworking Nigerian with multiple verifiable means of livelihood.”

The statement read: “Ordinarily, I would not want to join issues with Tinubu. Though we belong to different political parties and are both committed to our parties, we do not have any personal differences. Therefore, I do not know the reason for this unwarranted attack against my person.

“I respect the elderly and expect that the elderly would also respect the younger ones. As an experienced and elderly person, I expect that Tinubu would have undergone many experiences in life. I have also had my fair share. But that does not mean that I have any skeleton in my cupboard that would warrant anyone asking me to go to the United States if I have nothing to hide.

“I do not know why anyone would ask my party or the Federal Government to take up such a needless challenge. Let me state for the umpteenth time that the Federal Government, as represented by the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), was fully involved in the said matter.

“As you should know, before any security agency can go and testify outside the country, it must first obtain fiat from the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.

“So long as the Federal Government had given evidence in my trial on the basis of the same allegations and I was exonerated and freed, any noisemaking in respect of the said matter is an unnecessary exercise in futility.”

I am a clean man who does not have anything to do with this muckraking.

“I know that it is election time. But, it would be good for us and, indeed, all Nigerians if we can campaign on issues, and not mudslinging based on old worn-out allegations that are unfounded.”