The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to look into allegations of corruption against the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa.
The speaker Obasa had been accused of embezzling public funds and abusing his office. An online medium had said its investigations showed that Obasa allegedly owns more than 60 bank accounts.
He was accused of using his office to misappropriate funds and allocate contracts to himself through third party sources, as well as other acquaintances.
However, the house of assembly had cleared him of the corruption allegations, saying the allegations were untrue.
The EFCC zonal head in Lagos, Mohammed Rabo, said the anti-graft agency will give the petition against Obasa the attention it deserves.
Members of the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CISNAC) had protested at the commission’s office while a petition was also submitted to the agency.
Rabo said “We will give it the required attention. We have our process here. This is the first process. You have submitted. We will go through it. I assure you we will give it the attention it requires. Always do your things within the ambit of the law.”