Obasanjo’s ‘daughter’ approaches Kashamu to poison ex-president

Detectives attached to Zone II Police Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos State, said they arrested a lady who posed as the daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, demanding money from Senator Buruji Kashamu to poison her supposed ‘father’.

This came hours after the sudden withdrawal of Kashamu’s N20 billion libel suit filed against Obasanjo.
According to the police, the lady, identified as Yetunde Obasanjo, accompanied by a man named Peter Uwakala, were alleged to have gone to meet the senator in a hotel, where the lady, later known as Victoria Alaegbu, introduced herself as one of Obasanjo’s daughters.
The man, who accompanied her, introduced himself as one of the intelligence officers of the former president. The duo allegedly called the former president names and urged Kashamu to allow them to poison him in exchange for money.
A police source said: “Before they talked about causing harm to Obasanjo, they said they wanted to resolve the political rift between Kashamu and Obasanjo.”
The senator, who was suspicious of the lady and man, alerted policemen. While the suspects were still waiting to hear from him, it was the police they heard from.
The two had since being arrested and charged to court. They were arraigned before the Igbosere Chief Magistrates’ Court presided over by Adeola Adedayo on June 5 and remanded at Kirikiri Prison.
Adebayo adjourned the matter till July 31. Kashamu’s media aide, Mr Austin Oniyokor, who confirmed the incident, said the matter was in court. He added that Kashamu’s conduct was to prove that he had no ill feelings towards Obasanjo and that he respected the sanctity of human life.