Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has narrated how he almost lost his job in the Presidency because of the alleged involvement of Desmond Eliot, the lawmaker representing Surulere Constituency 1 in the Lagos state House of Assembly in the last year’s impeachment of Mudasiru Obasa, the Speaker of this Assembly.
Femi Gnajabiamila made the revelation on Thursday during a stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos, accusing Eliot of involvement in the impeachment of Obasa in January last year.
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives said his job was put on the line because of Eliot’s involvement in the impeachment saga, saying his closeness to President Tinubu saved him from being sacked
Recall that , following the impeachment was later returned to his position following the intervention of Presidential Tinubu , who ordered the member of the Assembly to rescind thief decision.
Eliot was among the lawmakers who spearheaded the impeachment, Gnajabiamila said, adding that he failed to listen to him on the issue when he called him.
According to him, President Tinubu had called him to a meeting where he broached the issue and later ordered him to call Eliot to “other” over his support for Obasa’s impeachment.
He explained that the Surulere lawmaker refused to listen to him, saying people thought he was part of the impeachment plot, because Eliot is his political godson.
He stressed that he defended the Nollywood actor turned politicians, noting that he didn’t know that Eliot was neck deep in the plot to impeach Obasa.
” I almost lost my job because of Desmond Elliot last year. You can go and verify. The President invited him to his residence in Abuja during the Obasa saga and confronted me over reports linking Elliot to the crisis, ” he said.
“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,” he stated.
Gbajabiamila said he defended the lawmaker without knowing that Elliot was involved in the plot.
“I told the President that Desmond was not part of them, but the President insisted and told me to call him to order,” he added.
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives further disclosed that shortly after the meeting, he contacted Elliot and warned him to steer clear of the crisis.
“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,” he said.
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