Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, has revealed how he almost lost his position during the political crisis that rocked the Lagos State House of Assembly over the impeachment move against Speaker Mudashiru Obasa.
Gbajabiamila made the disclosure while speaking about the tension that surrounded the leadership battle in the Assembly and the role some lawmakers allegedly played behind the scenes.
According to him, President Tinubu personally summoned him to Abuja over reports linking Hon. Desmond Elliot to the crisis in the Assembly.
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives said the President confronted him over claims that the Surulere lawmaker was among those escalating the situation during the Obasa impeachment saga.
“I almost lost my job as Chief of Staff last year because of Desmond Elliot,” Gbajabiamila said.
Recounting the conversation, he stated: “Mr. President called me to his house in Abuja during the Lagos Speaker Obasa saga. He said, ‘I hear this Desmond is your boy, the one we gave you,’ and I said, ‘Yes, sir.’ He is one of the people causing problems in the Lagos House of Assembly.”
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