Former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has denied allegations that firearms were discovered in his office.
Obasa addressed the claims on Wednesday after online reports alleged that security agents found 47 pump-action rifles in the assembly complex during a visit by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday. .
Some reports suggested that the weapons were located in Obasa’s office, while others claimed they were in the office of the former Chief Security Officer.
In a statement signed by his aide, Obasa described the report as entirely fabricated, stating that those behind the allegations were attempting to damage his reputation.
He said, “The ill-conceived story, apart from being a complete concoction, clearly exposes its author and paymasters as maliciously of low intelligence quotient, only out to malign my hard-earned reputation spanning decades of political leadership and legislative hard work.
“From the foregoing, it is obviously discerning that my traducers are furtively attempting to call a dog a bad name just to hang it.”
“I consider their purported sudden discovery of ‘cache of arms ammunition in the Speaker’s Office as nothing but an afterthought, having sensed the futility of their illegal actions,” Obasa added.
A source within the DSS also dismissed the report as false, stating that no such weapons were uncovered during their operation at the assembly.
