Lagos Assembly crisis: How President Tinubu almost sacked me because of Desmond Elliot’s involvement, Femi Gbajabiamila confesses

Lagos Assembly crisis: How President Tinubu almost sacked me because of Desmond Elliot’s involvement, Femi Gbajabiamila confesses

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Former Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives and presently the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila has finally broken silence over an attempted move by President Bola Tinubu to sack him.

He said that he never knew that Desmond Elliot, representing Surulere Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly was actually neck deep in the impeachment plot against Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly.

According to Daily Trust report, majority lawmakers in the assembly had removed Obasa, longest serving speaker in the assembly, accusing him of high handedness, among other infractions.

But following high-powered intervention, Obasa got back his position and is currently on his way to the National Assembly.

Femi Gbajabiamila, while speaking at a stakeholders meeting in Lagos, on Thursday revealed that Tinubu summoned him over the involvement of Elliot in the Lagos Assembly crisis.

His words:

“I almost lost my job because of Desmond Elliot last year. You can go and verify. The President invited me to his residence in Abuja during the Obasa saga and confronted me over reports linking Elliot to the crisis.

“Mr President called me to his study in Abuja and said, I hear this Desmond is your boy. I said, Yes, sir. He then said Desmond was among those causing problems in the Lagos State House of Assembly.

“I told the President that Desmond was not part of them, but the President insisted and told me to call him to order.

“Three days later, the Director-General called me and said there was a serious issue, that my name was everywhere as the person supporting Desmond to push for impeachment

“After that, I reached out to Elliot again, asking him, this time around, to issue a public statement, distancing himself from the plot but he failed to do so.

“If not for the kind of relationship I have with the President today, I probably would not still be here as Chief of Staff”, stated Gbajabiamila.