Obanikoro, also a former Ambassador to Ghana, made the remark when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria.
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The member of the Lagos State Governance Advisory Council spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
Obanikoro, also a former Ambassador to Ghana, gave the warning while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the 9th Ramadan Lecture of Anwar-Ul Islam College, Agege Old Students’ Association (ACAOSA), Saturday in Lagos.
Tinubu was accompanied to Ibadan by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Senator and former Governor of Borno State, Kassim Shettima, Senator representing Lagos East, Tokunbo Abiru, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Special Duties, Mallam Yau Darazzo, Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa, former Minister of Communication, Barrister Adebayo Shittu among others.
Obanikoro gave the advice at the fifth Coronation Anniversary Ceremony of Oba Abraham Ogabi, the Onimeke of Imeke kingdom in Badagry.
Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, on Tuesday described the former Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana as a seasoned politician and an administrator, who used his positions for the development of Lagos State and Nigeria at large.
The boss of Kresta Laurel Limited hosted the dignitaries alongside his wife, Eye Olufunke Daniel
Obanikoro who served as a Senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District from 2003 to 2007, gave the commendation while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Tuesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Obanikoro, a former minister under the Dr. Goodluck Jonathan administration, left the Peoples Democratic Party for the APC on Saturday in Lagos.
Others who defected with him included former presidential aide Modupe Sasore, Prince Kola Balogun, Hon. Kamal Olorunoje, Kayode Ba Wallah, Ayo Woddel, Hon. Fariu Arebi, Prince Michael Oyebola, Jide Ladehinde and Olayinka Sotade.
Being a speech by Nigeria’s former High Commissioner to Ghana, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, during his defection to the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party at Campos Square in Lagos on November 25, 2017. The speech was titled: “The Exigency of Time and the Dynamism of Politics”
Obanikoro was said to have made the first move two months ago
The other applicants are: Obanikoro’s wife, Fati; his sons Gbolahon and Babajide; and Babajide’s wife, Moroophat
Obanikoro said this on Wednesday following the search of his houses and confiscation of some of his properties by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday
Obanikoro, who described the operation as gestapo like, said the operatives harassed innocent kids, took away cars, wrist watches and other valuables from his Ikoyi, Lagos State home
Obanikoro has been on the radar of the EFCC for a while over his role in the $2.1 billion arms scandal that rocked the office of the National Security Adviser, held then by retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki
This followed the inauguration of new ministers by President Goodluck Jonathan shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday
The APC, to which Tinubu belongs, opposed the screening and clearance of Obanikoro
In a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, the governor said the senators had shown that national interests must be placed above party and parochial interests
Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon had before Obanikoro was asked to take a bow and go raised a point of order against the move to screen the former governorship aspirant of the PDP in Lagos State