Mudashiru Obasa


Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa is a Nigerian lawyer, politician, member of All Progressives Congress and incumbent Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.

Early life

He was born in Agege, a town in Lagos State southwestern Nigeria.
He had his primary education at St Thomas Acquinas Pry School, Surulere, Lagos before he proceeded to Archbishop Aggey Memorial Secondary school, Mushin, Ilasamaja, Lagos where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate.
He received a bachelor's degree in Law from Lagos State University, Lagos in the year 2006.

Political career

In 1999, Mudashiru contested the seat of councilor at Agege local government under the Alliance for Democracy party and won, which he served between 1999 and 2002.
He re-contested for his constituency in the 2019 state election and was re-elected as member of the Lagos State house of assembly, becoming the first to be re-elected into office three consecutive times, and a fifth term record.

Corruption Scandal

In 2020, The Sahara Reporters reportedly released a series of evidence levelling allegations of misappropriation of public funds against him. He however denied all the allegations.