Femi Gbajabiamila, the chief of staff to President Bola Tinubu, said that he almost lost his job because of his support for Desmond Elliot, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly who is seeking another term in office.
In a video seen on Thursday, the atmosphere in the room was charged as party members and supporters listened attentively to Mr Gbajabiamila’s remarks, with many sighing and nodding in agreement as he recounted how the Lagos Assembly crisis and allegations surrounding Desmond Elliot nearly cost him his position as Chief of Staff to the president.
The CoS said President Tinubu summoned him to his Abuja residence at the peak of the crisis and confronted him over intelligence reports linked to Mr Elliot.
“I hear this Desmond is your boy,” he quoted the President as saying. Mr Gbajabiamila said he answered in the affirmative.
The COS said President Tinubu told him that Mr Elliot is one of the lawmakers behind the controversial impeachment of Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
