Tinubu Confident Obanikoro's Defection Will Help APC Win Lagos in 2019

A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, is positive about the defection of ex-Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, to the party.

Speaking in Lagos on Saturday, he said that the return of Obanikoro to APC, alongside those who defected with him, would further strengthen the party in the state ahead of the 2019 elections.

Those who defected with Obanikoro include Chief (Mrs.) Modupe Sasore, Chief Jide Damazio, Alhaji Kola Balogun, Mr Jide Ladeinde, a former Lagos PDP youth leader; Hon Kamal Olorunoje and Yinka Balogun, among others.