Senator Buruji Kashamu buried in Ijebu-Igbo home
Remains of the late former senator, Buruju Kashamu, were on Sunday buried in his Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, palatial residence.
His body was interred at about 12:55.
Governor Dapo Abiodun was one of the earliest sympathisers at the Ijebu-Igbo home of the late Peoples Democratic Party’s financier.
A crowd of sympathisers and loyalists of the late Senator, who represented Ogun East Senatorial District between 2015 and 2019, also Kashamu’s Ijebu-Igbo home.
Kashamu died on Saturday in Lagos from complications arising from COVID-19 at the age of 62.
The late politician’s remains arrived from Lagos on Saturday night in his Ijebu-Igbo hoem for burial.
Distraught residents of the town described Kashamu as a philanthropist who contributed so much to the well-being of the ordinary people.
Sympathisers, including politicians across party lines wore mournful look at the funeral of the late billionaire.