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Obasanjo COVID-19 test result released
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has tested negative for COVID – 19.
He took the test on Friday, at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Pent House, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
The former President’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, said yesterday the test, conducted by one Dr. Olukunle Oluwasemowo of the Molecular Genetics Laboratory 54gene, Lagos, was returned negative on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Obasanjo has reacted to the death of a popular Nigerian politician and Ogun state Senator, Buruji Kashamu.
According to reports, Kashamu passed away on Saturday, it was said that the 62-year-old Kashamu died of Covid-19 at Cardiology hospital, Lagos.
Obasanjo said despite his smartness against law, he was unable to escape death.
Obasanjo in a condolence message addressed to the state governor, described the death as sad.
He said,
” I received the sad news of the demise of Senator Esho Jinadu (Buruji Kashmu) a significant citizen of Ogun State. Please accept my condolence and that of my family on this irreparable loss.
“The life and history of the departed have lessons for those of all us on this side of the veil. Senator Esho Jinadu (Buruji Kashmu) in his lifetime used the manoeuvre of law and politics to escape from facing justice on the alleged criminal offense in Nigeria and outside Nigeria.
” But no legal, political, cultural, social, or even medical manoeuvre could stop the cold hand of death when the Creator of all of us decides that the time is up.
“May Allah forgive his sin and accept his soul into Aljanah, and may God grant his family and friends fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”
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