The immediate past Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has said he will work with the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, to wrest power from the All Progressives Congress.

Obanikoro had been engaged in a war of words with Agbaje and a leader of the PDP in the state, Chief Bode George, over the party’s controversial governorship primary.

Obanikoro had also sued the party for not attending to a petition he wrote over the party’s conduct of the primary which he described as a sham.

However, the Director-General, Koro Campaign Organisation, Dr. Adetokunbo Pearse, told our correspondent on the telephone that President Goodluck Jonathan had intervened in the feud.

He said part of the terms of the agreement reached with the President was that Obanikoro would be given a senior ministerial slot and not minister of state which is a junior ministerial position.

He said, “We have listened to the President’s appeal and have decided to settle out of court. Obanikoro will return as a minister but part of the terms is that he will be given a full ministerial position. We were told that he would head a ministry but we were not told what ministry in particular.

“He will help the President to campaign in Lagos and we will also work with Agbaje. We are willing to work with Chief Bode George and we will reconcile with the party.”

The development comes less than 24 hours after the PDP South-West chairman, Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe, called on the PDP leadership to ensure that aggrieved aspirants in the state were appeased because Lagos could determine who wins the presidential elections.

He had said, “When Ayodele Fayose emerged as the candidate of the PDP in Ekiti, we went to beg all other aspirants in their houses to ensure that we got victory in all the 16 local governments in Ekiti. You cannot win it all alone.”

Reacting to the development, a former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, said the PDP was one big family and that he would work with Obanikoro.

“We are party elders. If Obanikoro apologises, we will accept his apology. Our priority is winning Lagos,” he said.

With a voting population of over six million, it is believed that the person who emerges as the winner of the presidential election next year would be largely determined by the outcome of the election in Lagos State.

Party sources told our correspondent that the need to win most of Lagos votes was what prompted the reconciliatory meeting.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/politics/obanikoro-makes-u-turn-promises-to-work-with-agbaje/

Obanikoro

So, he has agreed to sheath his swords based on a promise to have access to bigger looting and not based on rational thinking?


PDP will bankrupt Nigeria if not kicked out in 2015.

Well, irrespective of his decision, it will be easier for a camel to pass through a needle's eye than for PDP to win Lagos in 2015.

before nko?

Shame on apc!! Tinubu go don dey pee for him trouser now ... Oya lagos give me jimi agbaje n Nigeria givin us GEJ. GEJ till 2019!!

I already know and koro know before the primary that koro would lost and negotiate for national post

temitemi1:
Shame on apc!! Tinubu go don dey pee for him trouser now ... Oya lagos give me jimi agbaje n Nigeria givin us GEJ. GEJ till 2019!!

you must be living in a dream if you think pdp will win lagos

Smh I laugh, no be if GEJ remain or return as president na e he go take get ministerial portfolio?

PassingShot:
So, he has agreed to sheath his swords based on a promise to have access to bigger looting and not based on rational thinking?


PDP will bankrupt Nigeria if not kicked out in 2015.

Well, irrespective of his decision, it will be easier for a camel to pass through a needle's eye than for PDP to win Lagos in 2015.

Shut τ̲̅ђe bleep up!
Tell tinubu and his cohorts to starts parking out of Alausa! Jimi is coming to stay!

freshness2020:

Shut τ̲̅ђe bleep up!
Tell tinubu and his cohorts to starts parking out of Alausa! Jimi is coming to stay!

The thing pain you well well bah? PDP cannot get 30% of the votes in Lagos no matter how hard you try.

Perhaps good for him. He doesn't want 2loose out outrightly

Obanikoro will return as a minister
but part of the terms is that he will be given
a full ministerial position. We were told that
he would head a ministry but we were not
told what ministry in particular.

In what year will this happen? Koro is sitting on a long thing. He better continue his court case.

Iya Toyin se ka Wole, eese'hun e pada, Ijaa de ti tan ooo.




Lagos, shout for Joy, you liberation on the way.

So after all the mouth he has made he can ho back to working with Agbaje. It is such a pity that Obanikoro is not a man of principle, otherwise he would not withdraw his case against agbaje and the PDP. This isn't about agbaje winning the primary, it is about things being done according to Democratic ideals. Agbaje could have won the primary but it should have been free and fair. A situation where 806 delegates vote and 860 votes are recorded in a primary portends great danger for the election next year and by extension our democracy. If votes are being inflated in an in-house primary, pray tell what will be done in the main election.
Obanikoro should have taken a firm stand against such undemocratic practices even at the expense of his personal or political gain.

PassingShot:



The thing pain you well well bah? PDP cannot get 30% of the votes in Lagos no matter how hard you try.

Let's watch and see!
E go be ♈όϋ like season film Wey no get ending!

Anyone that love this men should tell them that their waiting period has no end. If Lagosians are tired of APC, PDP is not the alternative.

Mr President giving out ministerial slots to incompetent dudes since 2011....

just heard funsho williams running mate would be jimi agbaje running mate too...do u think jimi can do it...if yes,like if ambode share...

PDP Lagos is full of perpetual losers and their losing streak will continue again this year . Koro you will be returned to your usual tout position so you can help them rig but God will disgrace you all

Maybe dat will be good for him!

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Who would want to vote for a party where 806 registered and 864 voted?

Koro the use and dump lol PDP has mouth to insult Ameachi when they always use Koro like tissue . Well a thousand koro's can't stop Ambode from winning

temitemi1:
Shame on apc!! Tinubu go don dey pee for him trouser now ... Oya lagos give me jimi agbaje n Nigeria givin us GEJ. GEJ till 2019!!

Mumu

All on d ratio to share our money. I said it
#JonaMustLeave

If they like let them tie themselves with rope so that they can be united, the most important is that Ambode will be their governor from May 29 2015 till.............................

I dnt why I can't trust pdp, dat was how I voted gej in 2011,saying I voted gej not pdp,after 4yrs wat happened,its bin crisis upon crisis,corruption nd poverty,even though I like jimi Agbaje's personallty,I cnt still trust d party he is into!!pdp smh

That is if GEJ wins the election.

Koro,you are on a long thing.