The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Musiliu Obanikoro as a minister, brushing aside allegations over the role he played in election fraud in Ekiti State.
The Senate’s approval came after repeated deferments, despite protests from senators from Lagos State, Obanikoro’s home state, and other opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, who had vowed to stop the clearance over the Ekiti scandal.
As a former senator himself, the Senate allowed Obanikoro to “take a bow and go”, without answering questions, a privilege reserved for former federal lawmakers.
APC lawmakers responded by walking out of the session in protest.
Obanikoro was named recently in a leaked tape as a principal actor in the state’s governorship election rigging in 2014, sparking national outrage.
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