Gbenro Adesina
A former senator from Ogun state, Buruji Kashamu, has died of complications from COVID-19.
He was said to have been on a life support machine for weeks at the hospital after slipping into a coma following Coronavirus complications.
Former Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, who broke the news on Twitter on Saturday, said Kashamu died at First Cardiologist Consultants in Lagos.
He tweeted, “I have just lost my good friend of forever to #COVID19. Until his death, Sen. Buruji Kashamu and I were inseparable. He died today at First Cardiology Consultants, in Lagos. May his gentle soul rest in peace. I pray his family and loved ones the fortitude to bear this heavy loss”.
The billionaire businessman-cum-politician was born on May 19 1958. He started his education at Ansarudeen Primary School, Ijebu Igbo and left in 1972 to complete his primary school education at St. John Modern School, Lagos. He then attended evening classes at Igbobi College while working as a licensing agent.
Kashamu later went to London where he took courses in Business Management at Pitman College, London. He was awarded a Honourary PhD by the unaccredited, diploma-mill Cambridge Graduate University, located in Massachusetts, at a privately organised ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria.
He served as a Senator representing Ogun East in the 8th National Assembly
