Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, has revealed how the political crisis surrounding the attempted impeachment of Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa almostt led to his dismissal in 2025.
Gbajabiamila made the disclosure while addressing political stakeholders in Lagos, stating that the alleged involvement of lawmaker Desmond Elliott in the Assembly crisis nearly put his position at risk.
According to the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Bola Tinubu eventually withdrew support for Elliott’s bid for a fourth term in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Recounting the incident, Gbajabiamila said Tinubu summoned him to his residence in Abuja during the height of the Obasa impeachment controversy.
“I almost lost my job as chief of stafff to President Tinubu last year. President Tinubu called me to his study in his Abuja house during the Obasa impeachment saga and asked me if Desmond Elliott was my boy. I replied to the president that he’s my boy,” he said.
He further explained that Tinubu informed him that intelligence reports linked Elliott to lawmakers allegedly behind the crisis in the Assembly.
“President Tinubu then told me that he heard that Desmond was part of the people causing problems in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
“Immediately, I told the President that Desmond wasn’t part of them, but the president replied to me and said that from the intelligence he got, Desmond was part of them,” Gbajabiamila added.
The chief of staff said he immediately contacted Elliott after the meeting and advised him to distance himself from the group allegedly involved in the impeachment plot if he had any connection with them.
“After that meeting, I called Desmond and told him what the president said and asked him to leave the group if he was part ofit.. Three days later, the DSS DG called me and said there’s a problem.
“He said your name is beingmentioned,d that you’re the one behind the impeachmentsaga,a and that you’re supporting Desmond,” he stated.
Gbajabiamila said he denied involvement and informed the DSSdirector-generall that he had already spoken with Elliott, who denied participating in the alleged plot.
“I then called Desmond to make a public statement to deny his involvement in the impeachment saga, but till today, he hasn’t done it,” he said.
