Senator Buruji Kashamu is dead, Information Nigeria authoritatively confirms.
It was gathered that the Ogun state lawmaker died from COVID-19 complications at First Cardiology Consultants on Saturday.
His death was made know on Twitter by Senator Ben Murray Bruce.
“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,” Murray Bruce tweeted on Saturday.
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The late Kashamu is not the first Nigerian politician to die of COVID-19 complication. The yo state government recently lost former governor Abiola Ajimobi to coronavirus.