Musiliu Babatunde Obanikoro is a Nigerian politician.
20 Facts About Musiliu Obanikoro
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Musiliu Obanikoro served as Senator for Lagos Central from 2003 to 2007, and was later appointed High Commissioner to Ghana.
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Musiliu Obanikoro briefly served as minister of State for Defence in 2014.
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Musiliu Obanikoro attended Saint Patrick Catholic School and Ahmadiyya College.
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Musiliu Obanikoro served as an intern with Houston adult Probation Department, Houston, Texas.
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Musiliu Obanikoro worked as a social worker and later as the Head of the adolescent unit with Little Flower Children Service.
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Musiliu Obanikoro returned to Nigeria in 1989 and started his political career immediately.
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Musiliu Obanikoro was appointed as Caretaker Committee Chairman of Surulere Local Government ; he was elected as the State Deputy Chairman ; appointed by Governor Otedola's administration as Director, LASBULK ; and member, Lagos State Football Association.
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Musiliu Obanikoro has served as Delegate to Local Government Congress, State Congress, and National Convention.
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Musiliu Obanikoro has served as Elected State Secretary, Justice Forum.
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Musiliu Obanikoro was a national Executive member, Grassroots Democratic Movement under the military government of General Sani Abacha.
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Musiliu Obanikoro was appointed State Commissioner for Home Affairs and Culture in 1999 and served for four years before he was elected Senator of the Federal republic of Nigeria.
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Musiliu Obanikoro was elected senator for Lagos Central in April 2003, running for the Alliance for Democracy.
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Musiliu Obanikoro later defected to the People's Democratic Party.
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Musiliu Obanikoro was appointed by President Olusegun Obasanjo as a member of the 2004 Amirul-Hajj Committee.
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In February 2005, Obanikoro was among senators who urged the African Union chairman, President Olusegun Obasanjo, to use military force if necessary to restore democracy in Togo.
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Musiliu Obanikoro sponsored several bills, calling for acts to regulate and control public Buildings, to regulate and control the dredging and excavating of land, to provide for the re-certification of Fuel Pumps, to prevent Casualisation in public and private Establishment, and to amend the Federal Capital Territory Act.
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Musiliu Obanikoro is currently in partnership with a US-based NGO to set up a mammogram centre that will enable women to test for breast cancer for free in Lagos.
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In one incident, Musiliu Obanikoro was said to have narrowly escaped death in an armed attack on his car in Ikeja.
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Musiliu Obanikoro later described to authorities how he used his office to divert five million dollars from public funds meant for purchase of arms to top personalities and figures such as former Governor of Ekiti State in Nigeria, Ayodele Fayose.