Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, said on Thursday night that he was invited to the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and honoured the invitation.
The Speaker said he was at the Commission’s office for a few hours but not detained.
Obasa, Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria, appeared before officials of the commission on Thursday as the agency continued with the investigation of some allegations against his office.
“As a good citizen of Nigeria, a public officer and lawmaker, it was just justified that I honour an invitation by an agency trying to find out some answers relating to some questions.
“It is normal for the EFCC to invite whoever it deems should be invited. Honouring the invitation simply shows patriotism,” Obasa said in a statement by his media office.
The Speaker stated that he had returned home and was never detained by the EFCC as was already being speculated in a number of media reports.
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