Lagos State House of Assembly member, Desmond Elliot, has said that he was not in the country during the time the impeachment process against Speaker Mudasiru Obasa was initiated and prosecuted.
According to him, he was on vacation in South Africa alongside his wife.
He said this in defence of his position that he did not disobey his mentor, Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to President Tinubu.
Elliot, however, said he eventually signed the impeachment upon his return, believing it was the President’s wish.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, he said, “I would like to state categorically that I wasn’t in the country. My wife and I travelled during the period of January 13th of 2025.
“We were in recess and then it was an opportunity for us to travel to attend my wife’s younger sister’s wedding,” he said.
He added that the impeachment occurred while he was in South Africa and came as a shock to him.
“That was the time Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa was impeached (by Lagos State House of Assembly).
“It came to me as a shock because I was in South Africa then. So, obviously, it took me about two days to come back. I was also as confused as everybody was.
“And then I saw that almost everybody had signed. And pretty much we thought it was from the presidency. In all fairness, we thought it was from the presidency.
“And, of course, I appended my own signature. I believe I was maybe 30-something person at that point in time because others who had travelled had returned and others who signed,” he said.
