Independent NG
Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has dropped his ambition to represent Lagos West senatorial district in the 2023 general elections after he was publicly humiliated by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Lagos state governor and national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Daily Independent gathered that during the Lagos APC meeting held on May 6 where Tinubu endorsed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat for a second term, Obanikoro was ushered to the floor by the anchorperson to speak. However, when he mounted the podium, Tinubu allegedly stood up from where he was and repeatedly shouted: “Drop that mic and leave there”.
After the meeting, the former Minister was said to have approached Tinubu and tried to talk to him, but the frontline presidential aspirant turned down his request, shouted at him and left him on the spot.
When our correspondent contacted Obanikoro, he refused to comment on the development.
Credible sources in the party reliably informed our correspondent that Tinubu’s grouse with Obanikoro stems from the fact that despite all he has done for him, (Koro) as the former Ambassador to Ghana is fondly called has refused to publicly identify with his presidential ambition.
It was gathered that Obanikoro did not identify with the South West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA ’23), a group of former National Assembly members who are mobilising support for Tinubu’s presidential ambition…
