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My family is not from Benin – Obanikoro replies ex-minster Okunnu

– Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has refuted claims that his family was from Bini Kingdom

– He faulted the account of the former Minister of Works, Chief Femi Okunnu who said Obanikoro was from Benin saying the account was false

– He noted that the legendary Obanikoro was an Awori from Idiluwo-Ile in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos

Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has refuted claims that his progenitor, Obanikoro of Lagos, was from Bini Kingdom, Edo state.

Vanguard reports that while setting the records straight, the former minister clarified that the legendary Obanikoro was an Awori from Idiluwo-Ile in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos.

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ZENITHBLOG.com gathered that Obanikoro, however, faulted the account of the former Minister of Works, Chief Femi Okunnu who said Obanikoro was from Benin saying the account was false.

My family is not from Benin – Obanikoro replies ex-minster Okunnu

Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro

He said while he personally had a link with Benin City through his paternal great

grandmother, who was from Eletu-Odibo family, the first Obanikoro was not from Benin.

Obanikoro said the descendants of Chief Obanikoro, including Ajayi-Bembe, Ogunlana Arewa, Abisawo Otun, Osadeko, Aregbe and Oyerokun, were conscious of their Awori root.

He said: “Chief Okunnu said Obanikoro was from Benin, we are not from Benin. We are from Aworiland. We are from Idiluwo-Ile in Ojo local government.

Personally, I have Bini blood. My paternal great grandmother was from Eletu-Odibo family. Eletu-Odibo came with the Oba of Benin to Lagos.

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She was the daughter of Ogabi Eletu-Odibo. “But, Obanikoro was not a Bini man. He was an Awori.”

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