...Debunks Rumoured Rift With Lagos Speaker Obasa, Says It's Frivolous, Mischievous
...Affirms He Has No plan to become Deputy Speaker
AgegePulse Magazine
If there is anything that has been working for Agege Local Government Area in recent years, it is the acoustic synergy that exists between Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt Hon Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa and the former chairman of House Committee on Finance, Hon Oluyinka Ogundimu.
They represent Agege Constituency 01 and Agege Constituency 02 respectively in the Lagos House of Assembly.
As Obasa is widely known as policy executioner, Ogundimu is regarded as the brain box, master planner and the think-tank of the All Progressives Congress in Agege and Orile Agege.
The two political heavyweights have unselfishly, strategically and systematically used their most recent offices to position Agege as the fastest-growing suburb of Lagos State.
Like a seismic twins, Hon Obasa and Hon Ogundimu have been an inseparable unit since 2015 when the former emerged the number three man in Lagos State. Rather than becoming complacent with lures and juices of office, they otherwise ensured their constituencies become construction sites as well as influencing several opportunities towards their constituents.
But in recent weeks, political calculators have overwhelmed the Lagos air waves with rumoured rancour between Obasa and Ogundimu. The carriers alleged that Ogundimu is nurturing the drive to dethrone his erstwhile political twins as Speaker of the Lagos assembly. The rumour mongers stressed that should he (Obasa) fails to emerge the speaker, he's planning to take the Deputy Speaker's office when the 9th Assembly comes alive.
Undoubtedly, Agegepulse reliably gathered that these rumours have been sending palpable tension across APC loyalists in Agege and other Lawmakers who have resolved to return Hon Obasa as Speaker unopposed.
However, as a loyal member of the ruling party and having formed an exquisite working and friendly relationship with Hon Obasa, Hon Ogundimu has swiftly and unequivocally moved to deny the rumours.
While addressing the media and his unique people during a press conference held at his constituency office in Agege, Hon Ogundimu said only a shallow minded and low thinker will ever believe or spread such an unthinkable story that there is a rift between the Right Honourable Speaker, brother and friend from Agege constituency 01, Honourable Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa and me over his return as the Honourable Speaker of the 9th assembly.
"As I speak, none of the returning House Members has shown interest in the leadership of the House, and myself with other returning lawmakers are committed to returning Obasa as the speaker of the 9th Assembly which is more paramount than coveting the Deputy Speaker of the House.
"The exquisiteness of the concordance between us and other APC leaders in Agege hitherto can never be over emphasized, as you can remember that as a party (APC in Agege) we promised you all to return the speakership of the 9th assembly to our party and to Agege. On this mandate, we all still stand as a formidable team and nothing outside this is in my thought. How can I, with all my commitment to our common goal and joint effort during the general elections now work against him or join any form of alliance not in favour of my Right honorable speaker and brother from Agege at legislative house as being spread by the unscrupulous rumour mongers?, Ogundimu questioned.
He elaborated that the mischief makers have been using his wife's linage as a princess from Lagos Royal family to plot unhealthy consideration that he could use such to lobby kingmakers to swing the tide to his side. He reiterated that he it is impossible for him to forget his root or hinder his loyalty to the APC.
He said; "setting the records straight here and now, I honourable Oluyinka Ogundimu of APC Agege constituency 02 is not interested in becoming the 9th Lagos state assembly deputy speaker neither am I working against my brother and friend Right honourable Obasa’s re-election as the speaker, so please tell all mischief makers to go elsewhere to do the evil work they are known for because there is no place for their stock in trade in our one Agege.
"The fact that my amazing and ever supportive wife is a beautiful princess from the prestigious Lagos Royal family is not enough reason to make me forget my root or jettison my loyalty to my ever supportive Agege APC family as spread by the rumour peddlers, it is with this precious family ties I have always work in concordance with my brother and speaker Rt. honourable Obasa both at home and in the House ever since and that is not stopping NOW.
"It is worthy of note at this juncture that the Right honourable speaker has also completely disassociated himself from these unfounded rumours by enemies of our great party and Agege progress. There is nothing of such or any form of rift between us or the party, ladies and gentlemen, our cordial relationship is intact and unthreatened." Ogundimu concluded.
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