Why I said Lagos doesn’t need toy gov like Fashola – Obanikoro

Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has explained wherefore helium erstwhile said that Lagos State does not request a artifact politician similar Babatunde Fashola.

While contesting against Fashola successful the Lagos State governorship predetermination successful 2007, Obanikoro had said: “Lagos does not request a artifact governor.”

Obanikoro had made the remark erstwhile helium decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to contest, due to the fact that helium felt Fashola was a “puppet” of Bola Tinubu astatine the time.

However, successful an interrogation connected Mic On Podcast yesterday, Obanikoro said: “Fashola is my member and we are some from Isale Eko and to me, helium was ne'er a politician.

“So I felt that aft serving arsenic a section authorities chairman, arsenic a commissioner, and successful the Senate, I had much governmental maturity, exposure, and acquisition to govern astatine that time.

“Don’t hide that was the archetypal clip helium was going to travel retired and tally for thing arsenic acold arsenic the authorities is concerned, helium was Chief of Staff to Oga.”

Why I said Lagos doesn’t request artifact gov similar Fashola – Obanikoro