Video: Jide Obanikoro involved in an altercation at collation centre
11 April 2015 |
2:51 pm
Jide Obanikoro , the son of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Musiliu Obanikoro was on Saturday involved in a ahouting match with men of the Nigeria police who were securing a collation centre for his constituency on Lagos Island.
Jide Obanikoro with a police officer at the collation centre
Jide Obanikoro , the son of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Musiliu Obanikoro was on Saturday involved in an altercation at the collation centre for his constituency on Lagos Island.
Obanikoro is a candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the Ikoyi/Obalende constituency for the Lagos State House of Assembly elections.
Details later.
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9 Comments
he has been arrested for trying to bribe constituents who accosted him and handed him to police.
Like father like son.
Lord God Almighty, thanks for this age of technology
Oh Lord God Almighty, thank you for this age of technology: I click, I hear, I see, and I just wonder how Great Thou Are!
SSS caught some APC party officials trying to smuggle in thumb printed ballots papers which they prepared at the Nasarawa state Government house lafia.
APC colonial masters, intolerant people
Another kook, so the son of foreign affairs minister’s misconduct should be tolerated. You need to be shipped in a container to Yemen.
Thuggery runs in their gene. He needs no further introduction, thuggery is the hallmark it runs in the family.
this is the role of the game.
when APC wins, it is free and fair elections, but when other parties win. the election is fraudulent.
We will review and take appropriate action.