By Gbenga Abulude (Politics and General Desk)
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Mudashiru Obasa who was released from the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday after being invited same day, has said that he was not detained as widely speculated.
The New Diplomat had reported that Obasa was invited by the EFCC on allegations of misappropriation of funds.
It was reported in some sections of the media that the lawmaker was detained till the next day. But the speaker has come out to say he was never detained.
The speaker, however returned home after answering questions from the anti graft agency on Thursday over allegations of fraud.
A statement issued by Obasa’s media office said the speaker was at the EFCC office in honour of an invitation sent him by the agency.
“As a good citizen of Nigeria, a public officer and lawmaker, it was just justified that I honour an invitation by an agency trying to find out some answers relating to some questions.
“It is normal for the EFCC to invite whoever it deems should be invited. Honouring the invitation simply shows patriotism,” Obasa said.
Meanwhile, the EFCC has been granted an order to freeze three bank accounts belonging to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Mudashiru Obasa.
The EFCC, in a matter filed at the federal high court, Lagos, with suit number; FHC/L/CS/1069/2020, sought an ex-parte order to freeze Obasa’s three bank accounts with Standard Chartered Bank pending the conclusion of an ongoing investigation into the allegations of diversion of funds, abuse of office and money laundering levelled against him.
Obasa was also grilled on Thursday at the Lagos office of the anti-graft agency over the allegations.
Other officials of the Lagos assembly had also appeared before the agency at different times in the past few weeks.
