A former Minister of State for Defence and Lagos guber aspirant, Musiliu Obanikoro, has debunked newspaper reports suggesting that he fled the country in order to evade the ongoing $2.1 arms probe by the EFCC, stressed that the reports were in the realm of speculation.
In a telephone chat with Punch, Obanikoro, who recently bagged a degree in History from an American University, said he was not a fugitive running away from justice.
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A text by Obanikoro read, “To begin with, no allegation has been made against me officially that I know of. Therefore, I have no reason to run. I know for sure that all the accusations in the media are in the realm of speculation.”
Shortly after former President Goodluck Jonathan lost his re-election bid last year, Obanikoro said he was going to pursue an academic course in the US, stressing that life was not all about politics.
“That’s politics for you; you win some, you lose some. And there’s life after politics. I’m going to the US to pursue a degree,” he had said.
It is yet to be seen whether the Lagos-born former senator would visit Nigeria after the completion of his degree.
