Lagos Speaker Denies Sharia Law, Blames Troublemakers

By Akinwale Kasali

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Ajayi Obasa has denied that the assembly has passed Sharia Bill into law.

Reports had claimed that the assembly secretly passed the Islamic legal code into law, which will lead to the setting up of Sharia courts in the nation’s economic capital.

The state would have joined Zamfara, Sokoto, Kano and other northern states who are currently operating under the Islamic jurisprudence.

Reacting to the report, Eromosele Ebhomele, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker said the report is untrue, and should not be accorded any seriousness.

According to the report,  Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo Olu has also signed the bill into law after it was passed by the assembly.

The pedlars of the report also claimed that the law is part of the agreement reached by Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate with the northern establishment to support his presidential bid in 2023.

But, Eromosele debunked the claim saying the assembly did not pass such law.

He told The Source magazine that the report is part of efforts by mischief makers to cause chaos in the State and pitch the Governor and assembly against Lagosians.

Eromosele stressed that the assembly and the Governor Sanwo Olu administration hold Lagosians in high esteem and would not take any decision that will affect the peace, unity and tranquility the State is enjoying at this critical and sensitive time that the 2023 election is gathering momentum.

Meanwhile, the magazine learnt from competent sources in the assembly that some bigot islamic leaders in the state have actually made attempts on the assembly to pass the Sharia law, but were rebuffed on the basis that such could trigger religious crisis in the state.