Obanikoro’s son loses Lagos APC House of Reps ticket

Babajide, son of a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, on Friday lost the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket to represent Eti-Osa 1 Federal Constituency at House of Representatives in 2023.

Obanikoro, who currently represents his constituency at the lower chamber of the National Assembly, lost the APC ticket to Oyekanmi Elegushi, brother to Oba Saheed Elegushi of Ikate Kingdom, by a margin of 02 votes.

Obanikoro polled 23 votes, while Elegushi garnered 25 votes at the primaries held at the Iru Victoria Island Local Council Development Area of Lagos State on Friday.

Announcing the result, the APC Electoral Officer, Tolani Sule, said: “At the end of the exercise, Oyekanmi Elegushi scored 25 votes; Babjide Obanikoro scored 23; Adegoke Rasaq scored 02 votes.”

Elegushi, while speaking to newsmen after his victory, described the exercise as peaceful and transparent.

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He also congratulated the other aspirants including Obanikoro and  Rasaq.

He said: “At the end of the day, we are all fighting for the same cause.

“So, I will say we are all one, Eti-Osa 1 and I say thank you to the delegates, they played their parts and they voted their conscience.

“I can assure the constituents that this tenure is going to be a wonderful one; we have our programmes all lined up and we are not going to wait to get into office before rolling them out. It is something people will start to see from tomorrow.”

The Star