Kashamu Saved Obasanjo From Poisoning - Report
A report contains that two suspects planned to poison Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo.
According to the document gaining popularity on the Internet,
Peter Uwakala and Victoria Alaegbu, pretending to be other people,
offered senator Buruji Kashamu to poison the former leader of the
country.
See the statement in full below:
“Policemen from Zone 2 command, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested two persons who allegedly posed as daughter to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and an intelligence officer respectively, to Senator Buruji Kashamu, with a plan to poison the former President.
“The suspects identified as Peter Uwakala and Victoria Alaegbu, it was gathered, were arrested following a complaint by Kashamu at Zone 2, last month.
“The
suspects, it was gathered, met with Kashamu at a hotel in Victoria
Island, Lagos, on May 8, 2015,where they allegedly called the former
president unprintable names and offered to poison him. In response to
the complaint lodged by Kashamu, the command reportedly swung into
action and arrested the suspects.
“Policemen from Zone 2 command, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested two persons who allegedly posed as daughter to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and an intelligence officer respectively, to Senator Buruji Kashamu, with a plan to poison the former President.
“The suspects identified as Peter Uwakala and Victoria Alaegbu, it was gathered, were arrested following a complaint by Kashamu at Zone 2, last month.
“According to a police report obtained by our correspondent: “The
fact of the case was that the complainant alleged in his verbal
complaint that the duo of Peter Uwakala and Victoria Alaegbu falsely
represented themselves as an intelligence officer and daughter to the
former President Obasanjo respectively to him under the pretence that
they were going to resolve the political rift between him and Obasanjo.
He stressed that the duo met with him at a hotel, where the
latter who had collected N500,000 from his younger brother, made some
uncomplimentary and derogatory remarks about the former president, while
the former introduced herself as Yetunde Obasanjo to him. He added that
he had to report to the police upon his suspicion of foul play by the
suspects.
“Investigation conducted revealed that the duo were impersonators. From the foregoing, it was established that both Peter Uwakala and Victoria Alaegbu actually committed the offences alleged by the complainant and have been charged accordingly in line with the prescription of the law.
“Investigation conducted revealed that the duo were impersonators. From the foregoing, it was established that both Peter Uwakala and Victoria Alaegbu actually committed the offences alleged by the complainant and have been charged accordingly in line with the prescription of the law.
“The suspects were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Adeola
Adedayo at the Igbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos on June 5, 2015 and were
remanded at Kirikiri Prisons. The matter was adjourned to July 31,
2015.”
It is worth mentioning, however, that the authenticity of the report could not be ascertained and the information is yet to be confirmed by the official sources.
Recall that Buruji Kashamu has recently withdrawn a libel suit against Obasanjo due to the “ongoing settlement talks” between the two. The conflict had lingered since OBJ published a letter, in which he portrayed Kashamu as a fugitive wanted for drug-related offences in the USA.
It is worth mentioning, however, that the authenticity of the report could not be ascertained and the information is yet to be confirmed by the official sources.
Recall that Buruji Kashamu has recently withdrawn a libel suit against Obasanjo due to the “ongoing settlement talks” between the two. The conflict had lingered since OBJ published a letter, in which he portrayed Kashamu as a fugitive wanted for drug-related offences in the USA.
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