EXPOSED: Why Jonathan appointed Obanikoro minister

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives
Congress says the reason President Goodluck Jonathan
appointed Senator Musiliu Obanikoro as the Minister of
State for Defence was to destroy the APC especially in
the South-West.
The party noted that Obanikoro was already doing his
"master's bidding," as he had used soldiers and thugs to
intimidate members of the APC both in the Ekiti and
Osun governorship elections.
The Publicity Secretary of the party in Lagos, Mr. Joe
Igbokwe, said this during a press conference on
Thursday to address the murder of an APC member,
Alhaji Azeez Asake, who was killed shortly after the
Peoples Democratic Party held a rally at Tafawa Balewa
Square in Lagos on Saturday.
Igbokwe, who implicated Obanikoro in the murder, said
one of the culprits identified only as Abija, had been
arrested by the police.
He said, "Last Saturday, after the PDP held its zonal
rally at the TBS, Alhaji Asake was killed on Lagos
Island by a group loyal to Senator Obanikoro, a junior
minister in the Ministry of Defence. One man known as
Abija, who leads the group, ordered one Olokodana to
shoot Asake dead. He has been arrested by the police
while Olokodana is on the run.
"We want to thank the Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Kayode Aderanti for the great job. On Asake's murder,
we want to state that Obanikoro is a violent politician
who uses every means possible to achieve the desires of
his heart irrespective of the feeling of others."
He said it was unfortunate that the minister, having
failed to win the governorship election in 2007, was
perpetrating acts of violence against the people of
Lagos.
He said Obanikoro should remember that he is a
minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and not of
the PDP.
He said, "People only hear about Obanikoro, a junior
minister and we hear nothing about the Minister of
Defence (Aliyu Gusau). This is because Obanikoro's job
is just to use security agents to destroy the opposition
and that was what he did at Ilubirin Estate the other day.
"This must be an embarrassment to the Ministry of
Defence. The ministry works to defend every Nigerian
whether he belongs to the APC or the PDP; irrespective
of his tribe or religion. To use that exalted ministry to
advance the cause of the ruling party is a threat to
national unity."
However, Obanikoro had on Monday, through his
media aide, Ohimai Amaize, said the APC was making
unfounded allegations.

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