Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, says the defeat of President Bola Tinubu in Lagos State in the 2023 general elections was due to the weaponisation of the Muslim-Muslim ticket against him.
Obanikoro said this in an interview on the ‘Mic On podcast’ hosted by a Channels Television journalist, Seun Okinbaloye.
He said it was not Peter Obi that defeated President Tinubu in Lagos, but the Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Obanikoro said, “Let me tell you, what defeated us in Lagos was the Muslim-Muslim ticket, not Peter Obi. People were afraid because they didn’t know what Tinubu’s presidency would look like.
“People thought it was a situation where the Christian in Nigeria would be relegated, and that has been defeated because Tinubu is a Muslim, but he is not a religious bigot that will carry one religion over another.
“His wife is a pastor. His son, Seyi is a Christian. He was born a Muslim. He became a Christian. Most of the people in his cabinet are Christians.”
