Senator Buruji Kashamu yesterday insisted that he remained a full-fledged member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He said his alleged expulsion by the party’s national leadership cannot stand.
Kashamu, representing Ogun East, was expelled two weeks ago for alleged anti- party activities.
Addressing thousands of party supporters at a mega rally in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, he told the cheering supporters that a subsisting court order protected his membership.
The rally was organised at the state secretariat of the party on IBB Boulevard, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
Aspirants in the 2019 general election and placard-carrying supporters attended it.
Kashamu, a major financier of the party since 2011, wondered how a committed member could be expelled.
He dismissed his alleged expulsion as a ruse and an illegality.
“How can somebody expel you when you are committed to the party? PDP is not for an individual.
“I want to state authoritatively that I, Senator Buruji Kashamu, remain PDP member up till today.
“Any attempt to expel me will be an effort in futility, because I have an order that protects me from being expelled by anybody,” the senator said.
He said his battle with the “national leadership of the party is to liberate the masses from the oppressed.”
The state factional Chairman, Bayo Dayo, who was also expelled by the party leadership, said a Lagos High Court recognised his executive as the authentic one and he needed not be bothered by an action that was contempt of the court order.
He said the party leadership acted illegally, hence their decision was null and void, adding: “The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recognised us as the authentic PDP in Ogun State and we are dealing directly with INEC.”