LAGOS, Nigeria – Mudashiru Obasa, shugaban majalisar dokokin jihar Lagos, ya rasa mukaminsa a ranar Litinin, 13 ga Janairu, 2025, bayan da ‘yan majalisar suka yi masa kuri’ar kin amincewa da shi saboda tuhume-tuhume na keta dokoki da kuma cin hanci da rashawa.
Obasa, wanda ya fara zama shugaban majalisar a shekarar 2015, an maye gurbinsa da mataimakinsa, Lasbat Meranda, wacce ta wakilci mazabar Apapa ta 1 kuma tsohuwar shugabar ‘yan majalisa.
Kawar da Obasa ya zo ne bayan rahotannin da jaridar The Gazette ta fitar cewa ya kashe kudade masu yawa wajen siyan motoci na ‘yan majalisa da sauran ayyuka da suka jawo cece-kuce. An bayyana cewa Obasa yana Atlanta ne lokacin da aka cire shi daga mukaminsa.
Obasa, mai shekaru 52, ya fara zama shugaban majalisar ne a ranar 8 ga Yuni, 2015, tare da tsohon gwamnan jihar, Akinwunmi Ambode. Duk da tuhume-tuhume da yawa na cin hanci da rashawa da kuma hargitsin siyasa da aka yi masa, bai taba fuskantar tuhuma ba.
A shekarar 2020, jaridar The Gazette ta fitar da bincike da ke nuna yadda Obasa ya karkatar da kudaden jihar zuwa kamfanoninsa da asusun banki. Jaridar Sahara Reporters kuma ta gano kadarorin da Obasa ya mallaka a duk fadin jihar Lagos.
Hukumar yaki da cin hanci da rashawa (EFCC) ta kira Obasa domin yi masa tambayoyi bayan rahotannin jaridu game da rashin gudanar da ayyukansa. Duk da haka, bai taba fuskantar tuhuma ba bayan ya hadu da jami’an bincike.
Lasbat Meranda, wacce ta gaji Obasa, ta kasance tsohuwar shugabar ‘yan majalisa kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar shugaban majalisar tun daga shekarar 2023. Ta yi alkawarin cewa za ta yi aiki don inganta ayyukan majalisar da kuma kare hakkin ‘yan majalisa.
