You Lost Two Assembly Tickets, Not Lagos State: From Beneficiary to Adversary, How Much More Does Obasa Want?
An Open Letter to Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa
Dear Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa,
You are currently serving as the longest-serving member of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Thanks to Asiwaju.
You became Speaker three times back-to-back.
Thanks to Asiwaju.
You installed your son as Chairman of Agege Local Government.
Asiwaju allowed it to pass.
You wronged 36 members who impeached you after your tyrannical reign as Speaker.
Asiwaju reinstalled you.
You got a House of Representatives ticket against a first-term member of the House of Representatives, Wale Ahmed.
Thanks to Asiwaju.
You own the two party chairmen in Agege and Orile Agege.
Thanks to Asiwaju.
You once sent Alimosho thugs to beat up an APC Party Chairman during the last council election.
Asiwaju allowed it to slide.
You got two commissionership slots in the cabinet.
Thanks to Asiwaju.
Today, you only lost two House of Assembly slots and you want to bring down Lagos State.
You summoned your structure in Agege, Orile Agege, Shomolu, and Alimosho to protest and insult APC state leaders.
You instructed Egunjobi to insult APC state leaders, GAC members, and the same Bola Ahmed Tinubu who stood by you through the years.
The Asiwaju we know will never let this slide.
You have bitten more than you can chew.
Enough is enough.
You do not deserve to remain the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
A Speaker is expected to unite, not divide.
A Speaker is expected to demonstrate maturity, not intolerance.
A Speaker is expected to uphold party discipline, not encourage rebellion against party leadership.
A Speaker is expected to respect the collective decisions of the party, not wage war against them.
You have failed this test.
You lack leadership.
You lack the spirit of sportsmanship.
You lack etiquette.
You lack manners.
You lack control.
You have demonstrated an unwillingness to accept a party decision that did not go your way.
You have chosen confrontation over reconciliation.
You have chosen division over unity.
You have chosen personal ambition over party supremacy.
The APC is bigger than any individual.
Lagos State is bigger than any ambition.
No one man owns the APC.
No one man owns Lagos politics.
No one man can hold the party hostage because two Assembly tickets did not go his way.
If the party could stand by you through every challenge, then the least expected of you is loyalty, discipline, and respect for the same party leadership that stood by you repeatedly.
Today, APC members and concerned stakeholders across Lagos are asking one simple question:
How much more does Lagos owe you?
You have benefited from the party.
You have benefited from the structure.
You have benefited from the goodwill of Asiwaju.
Yet today, because of two Assembly tickets, you have chosen a path that many loyal party members consider unacceptable.
For this reason, many stakeholders now believe that your continued stay as Speaker has become untenable and that the Lagos State House of Assembly must be protected from further controversy, division, and embarrassment.
The APC must remain supreme.
Party discipline must prevail.
Respect for leadership must prevail.
The authority of the party must prevail.
And anyone found working against the unity, stability, and progress of the party should face the appropriate disciplinary measures as provided by the constitution of the APC.
History will judge every actor in this moment.
History will remember who stood with the party.
History will remember who stood with Lagos.
And history will remember who chose personal ambition over collective progress.
You lost two Assembly tickets, not Lagos State.
Signed,
Concerned APC Stakeholders and Loyal Party Members
Lagos State
June 2026
