
Buruji Kashamu, a former senator from Ogun State has died of covid19
News of the unfortunate incident was broken by Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Ayodele Fayose and Senator Ben Murray-Bruce on Twitter.
According to Murray-Bruce, Kashamu died of covid19 at the First Cardiologist Consultants in Lagos. In his words:

Obasanjo in his condolence letter called to the the consciousness of the living that the “life and history of the departed Kashamu have lessons for those of us on this side of the veil.
“Esho Jinadu (Buruji Kashamu), in his lifetime, used the manoeuvre of law and politics to escape from facing justice on alleged criminal offences in Nigeria and outside Nigeria. But, no legal, political, cultural, social or even medical manoeuvre could stop the cod hand of death when the Creator of all of us decides that the time is up…”
Obasanjo’s condolence letter:
Kashamu’s display of wealth is often the life of parties as he is known to spray bundles of money in foreign exchange instead of the regular thousands of single notes: