Lagos Speaker Obasa’s Son Ganiu Becomes Agege Council Chairman as Tunde Azeez Resigns on Health Grounds 

By: Olufemi Orunsola 

In a new political twist that has generated mixed reactions among political stakeholders in Agege Local Government politics, AbdulGaniu Obasa, the son of Lagos House of Assembly Speaker, Musashiru Obasa has emerged as the new Chairman of Agege Council Area after the resignation of Tunde Azeez, the elected Council Council Chairman on health grounds.

OP TELEVISION NAIJA OTN News reports as gathered the new Local Council Boss had served as acting chairman while Tunde Azeez reportedly attended to his health within the first 100 days in office before hus resignation finally paved the way for Ganiu to officially lead the council.

Meanwhile, the development has sparked political controversies, with some party insiders alleging that the transition had been “pre-planned” from the outset.

According to these sources who spoke with Lagos Reporters, Speaker Mudashiru Obasa was said to have initially sought the party’s nomination for his son to contest as chairman, but the move was turned down. He was later said to have supported his political ally, Tunde Azeez, to secure the chairmanship ticket, while his son Ganiu was nominated as vice chairman.

Barely weeks after Azeez assumed office, he reportedly proceeded on health leave, leaving Ganiu in charge. Observers now believe his early resignation was part of a political arrangement to install Obasa’s son as council chairman.

However, many residents of Agege have commended Ganiu Obasa for his leadership style during his acting tenure, particularly in improving environmental sanitation and ensuring a cleaner environment a contrast, they say, to the administration of former chairman Alhaji Ganiyu Egunjobi, whom Azeez succeeded.

As Ganiu formally takes over the reins of leadership, attention now turns to how he will manage both governance and public perception in a council long known for its political intrigues.