Panicky Moves… How Asiwaju Tinubu Attempted To Lure Musiliu Obanikoro To APC With Wife, Remi’s Senatorial Seat, Refund Of All Guber Campaign Expenses

+why ministerial re appointment seeking PDP chieftain refused to budge

But for his deep seethed misgiving about those lobbying him and conviction in his party’s agenda, former minister and ex gubernatorial aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party in Lagos state, Musiliu Obanikoro would have crossed over to the All Progressives Congress.

Insiders disclosed he was recently the subject of intense wooing leader of the APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Sources confirmed the move to woo Koro as fondly called to the other side came in the thick of agitation over of the Lagos PDP Gubernatorial primary election.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

Obanikoro had taken up arms against his party leadership for being ‘short changed’ and ‘illegally outplayed’ out of the contest.

He lost out to eventual party candidate, Jimi Agbaje due to the machination of long running poltical foe within the same party, Bode George.

Obanikoro had headed to the law court to seek redress.

Insiders revealed while the conflict raged within the PDP, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his APC handlers had launched a vociferous underground campaign to lure the aggrieved gubernatorial aspirant to their side.

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro

Investigation revealed the ‘carrot’ of the swapping his name for the Senatorial Seat of Tinubu’s wife Remi and refund of whatever he claimed was the cost of his gubernatorial campaign was dangled.

And to show faith, the party publicly took sides with him in his fight against the leadership of the PDP.

‘that was the reason the APC was issuing statement in favour of Koro while the crisis lasted’ a source divulged.

Additional information sourced by societynowng.com revealed the former
minister had made a non committal response to the APC leader’s offer.

Further revelation revealed however amongst his close knit group, he restated an emphatic no.

‘He told his people the offer is only a mirage..and the move only an attempt t weaken him and the PDP political in Lagos state and the southwest…with Koro in APC the chances of PDP wining Lagos greatly diminishes and with the constant threat of inside knowledge that helps to counter them that Koro possess…you know he was once a strong ally and inside man of Asiwaju before he defected to the PDP’ a source analysed.

Informants revealed it was this development the President and PDP party hierarchy got wind of and complimented with the court case he instituted that sped up negotiation of re appointment as a minister that made Obanikoro step down for Agbaje and throw his weight behind his party’s candidate.

A keen follower of the event with understanding of political play however analysed the fallout of the development to societynowng ‘it was a good move on the part of Asiwaju and the APC, to bring Koro to their fold…but in doing that they showed their hand. In making such a big gamble, trying to lure such an entrenched party man and offering up the senatorial seat of the wife of the party leader, they showed their position…that they are in need of a very strong ally…and the repercussion of it not playing out is that Koro with his understanding of how they operates knows where they stand and that with unified and concerted efforts within the PDP, they can cause great havoc for the APC in Lagos and the southwest…which is what they are doing

‘the downside for Koro is what he is currently experiencing with confirmation of his appointment as a minister…the APC are mustering all they straight to scuttle it to send a strong message to him and other potential targets the consequence of rebuffing them…it is just unfortunate for Koro that people within his party are joining the campaign to down his ambition as well’