Kashamu vows to press criminal charges against Obasanjo over book launch

-Chairman of organisation and Mobilisation committee of the People's
Democratic Party in South West, Prince Buruji Kashamu has vowed to
press criminal charges against former President, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo.
Kashamu in a press statement he personally signed yesterday, said, he
would drag Obasanjo and other people who assisted him in the launch of
his autobiography; My watch, after he had been barred by a court from
launching it before the court.
A court had ruled that, Obasanjo should not launch his autobiography
titled My watch, which is believed to have criticised the government
of President Goodluck Jonathan and other past governments.
Obasanjo was also reported to have condemned the action of the PDP for
making Kashamu a leader of the party in South West despite his alleged
involvement in hard drugs overseas.
But, the former President was said to have gone ahead and make the
book public, the action , Kashanu, described as contempt of court.
According to him,Chief Olusegun Obasanjo's action has again confirmed
his knack for lawlessness and arbitrariness. Everybody knows that good
governance is based on the Rule of Law, due process and respect for
constituted authority.
" It beats my imagination that this man can be sermonising about the
good governance when he shamelessly advertises all the elements of bad
governance. In short, he is bad governance personified.
" He is the worst advertisement for the product he is trying to
advertise – good governance. He has shown that he does not have
respect for the judiciary, and that he is above the law.
"But I ask my lawyers to press criminal contempt charges against him
and all those who assisted him in flouting the orders of the court. I
will ensure that they are all dragged before the court, and
particularly, Obasanjo, without his cap, to show why he should not
punished for criminal contempt.
"By his unruly conduct, Chief Obasanjo has shown for the umpteenth
time that he is indecent and uncivilised. Certainly, President
Goodluck Jonathan and his predecessor, the late President Umaru Musa
Yar'Adua and others he criticised in the controversial book, which I
am reliably informed he did not write, are made of a sterner stuff
than him. They are true democrats and gentlemen to the core.

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