Change Of Guard At Agege: Councillors Write Sanwo-Olu To Ratify Obasa’s Son As LG Chairman

The legislative arm of the Agege Local Government Area is awaiting the approval of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for AbdulGaniyu Obasa to assume office as the new chairman of the council.

This followed the resignation of the incumbent chairman, Tunde Azeez, popularly known as Disco, who stepped down, citing  health reasons. 

Recall that AbdulGaniyu, who is the Vice Chairman of Agege LGA and the son of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has been acting as chairman for about two months since Azeez proceeded on medical leave. 

Findings from sources in Agege revealed that Azeez had earlier written to the council’s legislative arm, notifying it of his trip to the United Kingdom for medical treatment.

The Leader of the Agege Legislative Arm, Haruna Adeshina, confirmed that the lawmakers had received and deliberated on Azeez’s letter of resignation.

 “We received a letter from the chairman, Honourable Tunde Azeez, alias Disco. The Clerk of the House read the letter on the floor of the House,” Adeshina said. 

On the next steps, he explained, “After that, we need to go ahead and confirm the acting Chairman as the new chairman of the council, that’s Honourable AbulGaniyu Vinod Obasa. We are writing to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to confirm what we did on the floor of the House today.”

He confirmed that Azeez had earlier written about a month ago to notify the House of his medical trip to the United Kingdom. 

He confirmed that the House had written to the governor and was awaiting his approval of their resolution. 

AbdulGaniyu was initially being marketed to contest as Chairman of Agege LGA ahead of the July 12, 2025, local government elections. 

A political group, Agege Youth Vanguard, had purchased the N5m chairmanship nomination form for him in support of the young Obasa.