Tinubu’s wife not involved in house leadership crisis – Lagos Assembly

• There are insinuations in some quarters that President Bola Tinubu’s wife may be backing the ousted Speaker of the Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa

The Lagos State House of Assembly has debunked reports of the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, involvement in the crisis rocking the State legislature.

According to the house, the first lady has no hand in the leadership tussle the lawmakers are embroiled in, saying all the lawmakers hold the First Lady in high esteem.

There are insinuations in some quarters that President Bola Tinubu’s wife may be backing the ousted Speaker of the Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa.

But in a statement issued by the House spokesperson, Olukayode Ogundipe, the lawmakers said speculation of Mrs Tinubu’s involvement is false and baseless.

“We categorically dissociate all members of the Lagos State House of Assembly from this false and baseless claim. The report is purely a fabrication and has no basis in truth.

“All members of the Assembly hold the First Lady in the highest regard. As a distinguished former First Lady of Lagos State and now the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has made significant contributions to governance and national development.

“It is, therefore, inconceivable that any member of the Assembly would accuse her of involvement in legislative matters or seek to tarnish her reputation. We firmly state that the First Lady has no role in any internal disagreements within the House. Any attempt to link her to these issues is entirely unfounded.”

Meanwhile, some lawmakers on Tuesday met with the executives of the executives of the All Progressives Congress in the state to brief them about happenings at the House.

The state chairman of the party, Cornelius Ojelabi, in a post on X, said the State Working Committee received members from the Lagos State House of Assembly. “They provided us with updates on the latest developments, fostering official communication between our party and legislative members,” he wrote.

The Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Seye Oladejo, said the meeting was simply to brief the executives of the happenings at the assembly.

“It was just a courtesy visit to brief the party about what’s happening at the House, nothing more than that. And whatever is going on in the House, our position remains that it has to be resolved by the House,” Punch quoted him as saying.