Buruji Kashamu (Listenⓘ; 19 May 1958 – 8 August 2020) was a Nigerian politician who served as a Senator representing Ogun East in the 8th National Assembly.

[1][6] He was awarded an honorary PhD by the unaccredited, diploma-mill Cambridge Graduate University, located in Massachusetts, at a privately organised ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria.

[9][10][11] He was the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 Ogun State gubernatorial election and lost against Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress coming in a distant 4th.

British authorities refused a US extradition request on drugs charges, citing concerns about his identity[14] after co-conspirator Nicholas Fillmore failed to identify Kashamu in a photo lineup;[15] however Nigerian authorities announced their intention to deport him to the US on multiple occasions.

[14] It is claimed that Kashamu is the real identity of "Alhaji", the drug kingpin in Piper Kerman's book, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison.