Travelling to US is like landing into fire —Kashamu

Firstclass newsline learnt that a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic
Party in Ogun State, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, on Saturday, denied any past
trip to the United States and ruled out any possibility of ever
visiting the country in the future.
In an interview a source, which was monitored by firstclass newsline
crew, the PDP chieftain likened such a visit to leaping into fire.
Asked by the interviewer to clarify his alleged involvement in a
United States criminal case as detailed in a popular prison
memoir-turned-TV series by American, Piper Kerman, Kashamu refuted the
claims.
He said, "I am a Nigerian. I am not running away from my fatherland.
If anyone thinks he has a case against me, he should follow due
process and we will take it up from there. I am not under any
obligation to go to the US to answer the same charges after the true
judgment of the British court has exonerated me of the same
allegations.
"Asking me to take the next available flight to the US so as to clear
my name is like asking me to jump in a fire-may the Almighty rescue me
from it. If the US prosecutor could hide important evidence that later
exonerated me in the UK court, only God knows what they will do in
their country.
"I have done a lot of things to clear my name. I spent four years in
detention at the hands of the US authorities to prove my innocence
before I was eventually exonerated. This was also in the presence of
the US prosecutors and other agencies in various countries, like the
Republic of Benin, Nigeria. It was after a rigorous trial with
pictorial and documentary evidence that I was discharged."
Kashamu further explained that the case was taken to London and he was
acquitted. He added that his accusers should follow legal process if
they believed their claims held water.
"I have cleared my name and myself in London. If anybody believes that
they have any other case against me, they should come through due
process. I am ready to challenge it. I am ready to face it without any
problem.
"I have never in my life put my foot into the United States. I have
never demanded for their sticker. I have been a businessman right from
18 years old. Up till today, I continue doing my business. My last
submission is that I know nothing about what they are saying over
there," he said.
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