The real reason for the show of shame by the duo of Femi Adebanjo and Bisi Yusuf who lead a group of thugs to beat the Lagos State Chairman of APC, Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi, at the ACME Road, Ogba office of the party on Monday (24/6/24) has emerged. It is the inordinate ambition of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, that is behind the unfortunate incident which has sent wrong signals to the public about the ruling party
Reliable sources from the Speaker’s camp said the Abeokuta, Ogun state born politician, who is representing Agege Constituency 01 for the sixth consecutive term in the Assembly, is nursing the ambition to succeed Governor Sanwo-Olu as the next helmsman, hence his desperation to make inroads into Alimosho territory which is a key factor in the decision of who becomes the governor.
His desperation to clinch the ticket of the party has made him hatch the plan to make his supporters in the local government recognized by the leadership of the state at all costs. He is, thus, plotting to make at least one of them a GAC member so that they can be part of the decision makers in the territory. The plan is to first discredit the incumbent member, H.E. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, as a weakling who cannot handle the big, strategic local government. Obasa will then sell a dummy to President Tinubu, the father of Lagos politics, that Alimosho is too sensitive to be left in the hands of just one person, especially a weakling like Joke Orelope. He will convince the President to see reason for a second member from the territory because of 2027. Once the President agrees, he will sell Bisi Yusuf to him and if Tinubu disagrees (because of Yusuf’s connection with Rauf Aregbesola) he will use Adebanjo as plan B.
He (Obasa) has concluded plan to use three GAC members in his TMM group (Dr. Finnih, Senator Ogunlewe and Cardinal Odunmbaku) for the hatchet job. Senator Ganiu Solomon, another GAC member in TMM, was ruled out of the plan because of his power tussle with Bayo Oshiyemi in the Mushin TMM. The plan is for Senator Ogunlewe to work on Prince Tajudeen Olusi, GAC Chairman, to agree with the plan to increase the number of GAC members from Alimosho as a permanent solution to problems in the area. Dr. Finnih and Eto (Odunmbaku) are to work on Baba Oluwa, the Lagos-West Senatorial Leader, and Baba Ajomale.
Yesterday’s protest was set as the yardstick for measuring the suitability of Adebanjo and Bisi Yusuf for the GAC job, hence their desperation to rough-handle the party chairman despite all the appeal for them to see that the meeting was not designed to give any tendency an upper hand. Obasa had told the duo that they were being watched and had sent some of his trusted men to assess their performance. This probably explains why they raised their voice after first reasoning with Ojelabi that the meeting was not meant for former honourables, and that it was not designed to take any decision on formula for sharing positions.
Now is the time for Mr President to call Obasa to order so that he will not continue to use his closeness to him to exploit the people. He is currently bullying our people in the name of being “Tinubu favourite” He has cowed many people into his TMM and has made slaves out of our politicians especially in Agege. He keeps giving people the impression that the President is in support of the way he disrespects the Governor and makes unprintable statements about him. How on earth does Obasa feels comfortable discrediting the office of the Governor when he himself is aspiring for that office. Who will help us tell Muda that we have had SPEAKERS in this state before and that he will not be the last one. Why must we be suffocated because Obasa wants to be in the corridors of power for life.