At a
meeting with the Federal Executive Council in Abuja on Wednesday, President Jonathan
deploy the Obanikoro the former Minister of Defence to the position of
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs II, a position harshly lower in prestige
the his former position
Several civil society groups, columnists and opposition senators had opposed Obanikoro’s nomination on account of his involvement in an illegal scheme to use the military to rig last year’s governorship election in Ekiti State.
Several civil society groups, columnists and opposition senators had opposed Obanikoro’s nomination on account of his involvement in an illegal scheme to use the military to rig last year’s governorship election in Ekiti State.
Before his ministerial nomination, Reports had
said Obanikoro and some PDP men ordered Brigadier General A.A. Momoh to have
his troops detain supporters of incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi ( now former)
in order to boost the electoral prospects of the PDP’s governorship candidate,
Ayo Fayose, Sahara Reporters had the auto-tape which went viral and delayed his
appointment as a Minister.
A source at the Presidency told Sahara Reporters that President Jonathan was so shaken by the widespread and strong opposition to his nomination of Obanikoro as a minister that he decided to assign the controversial former minister to one of the most obscure cabinet posts. “Even PDP stakeholders in Lagos and the southwest were against Musiliu Obanikoro,” the source disclosed.
During his stint as junior Defense minister, Obanikoro had access to a full range of military arsenal, which included naval choppers that ferried him around Lagos whenever he visited the state.
Obanikoro’s new humiliating post is equivalent to an ambassadorship, a source within the cabinet said.
A source at the Presidency told Sahara Reporters that President Jonathan was so shaken by the widespread and strong opposition to his nomination of Obanikoro as a minister that he decided to assign the controversial former minister to one of the most obscure cabinet posts. “Even PDP stakeholders in Lagos and the southwest were against Musiliu Obanikoro,” the source disclosed.
During his stint as junior Defense minister, Obanikoro had access to a full range of military arsenal, which included naval choppers that ferried him around Lagos whenever he visited the state.
Obanikoro’s new humiliating post is equivalent to an ambassadorship, a source within the cabinet said.
Source: Olufamus
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