Desmond Elliot, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has officially withdrawn from the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries for Surulere Constituency I in the state, news.ng reports.
In a video making the rounds on the microblogging platform X on Wednesday evening and monitored by this news platform, the lawmaker was heard saying he had officially withdrawn from the exercise.
He alleged that members of the party who are his supporters were disenfranchised from participating in the party’s primaries.
This follows allegations by Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to President Bola Tinubu, accusing him of being the mastermind behind the impeachment of Mudashiru Obasa, speaker of the State Assembly, in January last year.
But Elliot, a former Nollywood star, denied being part of those who plotted Obasa’s removal in an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday.
He said, “I cannot look at the face of my leader whenever it comes to things like that. I listen very intently at his advice and whatever he tells me. Yes, he spoke to me.
“We spoke at that period during the time. And whatever he told me, I took to the house. Because I told him it would be very cowardly of me to single-handedly leave a bunch of 36 people or 37 people and move to another side without taking the chunk of people.
“So, I told the chunk of people that this is what I heard, you know, at that point in time. And you see, because it’s a matter that has been dead and buried. Mr. President says it’s over.
“It’s over, is it’s over? So, for my leader to bring the issue up at this political time, I think, is somewhat quite surprising to me. Especially with the kind of regard and respect that I have shown him in almost all my projects.”
The leadership of the party in the state has yet to state the matter as of the time of this report.
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