Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa (born 11 November 1972) is a Nigerian

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, politician, member of

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and incumbent

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Early life

He was born in

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, a town in

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southwestern Nigeria. He had his primary education at St Thomas Acquinas Pry School, Surulere, Lagos before he proceeded to Archbishop Aggey Memorial Secondary school, Mushin, Ilasamaja, Lagos where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate. He received a bachelor's degree in

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from

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in the year 2006.

Political career

In 1999, Mudashiru contested the seat of councilor at

local government under the Alliance for Democracy party and won, which he served between 1999 and 2002. He re-contested for his constituency in the 2019 state election and was re-elected as member of the Lagos State house of assembly, becoming the first to be re-elected into office three consecutive times, and a fifth term record. Amidst the #EndSARS saga in his home state, he was recorded on live TV saying the LSHA will not acknowledge the death of ''miscreants'' at the hands of the

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when calling for the one-minute silence for the victims of the #LekkiMassacre and others across Nigeria.

Corruption Scandal

In 2020, The Sahara Reporters reportedly released allegation reports on misappropriation of public funds against him. He however denied all the allegations.

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later reported that Obasa was taken in for questioning by the

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on 8 and 9 October.2020. According to an inside source confirmed to SaharaReporters that Obasa feigned sickness during the interrogation at the EFCC’s office, which caused interrogation to be stopped. Obasa had to be taken to the EFCC office's sick bay before being released on bail. Obasa then supposedly requested the return of his passport, ostensibly to seek medical treatment abroad before going on

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to meet with

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. Obasa remains under investigation by the EFCC for allegations of misappropriation and fraud.

References

Living people Lagos State University alumni People from Lagos State Speakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly 20th-century Nigerian lawyers 1972 births All Progressives Congress politicians {{Nigeria-bio-stub

Early life

Political career

Corruption Scandal

See also

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