*Hon. Setonji David, Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Information, Security and Strategy, clarifies ‘no informed person should believe this lie against the Assembly that is above the common standard of excellence. The news is far from  reality’

Emmanuel Akosile | ConsumerConnect

The Lagos State House of Assembly (LSHA) has denied the report that it secretly passed a Sharia Bill to get support of Northern Nigeria for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,  Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress.

ConsumerConnect reports Hon. Setonji David, Chairman of House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy, made this clarification in a statement he issued Wdnesday, July 13, 2022, in Lagos.

An online media platform had reported that the LSHA hurriedly passed a bill to set up Sharia courts,  paving way for Sharia law in Lagos State, agency report said.

The media report also purported that the bill had been signed into law by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State.

Hon. David, representing Badagry II, however, said the report was a mere figment of the imagination of the writer.

No informed person should believe such lies against the assembly, he stated, saying that the news was far from the reality.

The lawmaker said: “The attention of the Lagos State House of Assembly has been drawn to a malicious and unfounded report making the rounds on social media.

“That the assembly has secretly passed a Sharia law in a deal to get northern support for  Tinubu, the APC Presidential Candidate.”

The Chairman of House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy further noted: “We will not have dignified the writer of this hate speech, but in order to set the records straight, this is a mere figment of the imagination of the writer and a total lie from the pit of hell.

“No informed person should believe this lie against the assembly that is above the common standard of excellence. The news is far from  reality.”

He also said: “Some people are just mischievous. Spreading all sorts of untrue stuff. Is it possible to pass a law under cover?

“The process of law making is universal and very open. You cannot pass a law without subjecting it to public hearing in Lagos State.”

The state legislator urged Lagos residents in particular, and Nigerians in general to take the peddlers of this unfounded report as uninformed, and uneducated people who needed to be schooled about the law making process.

According to him, Tinubu is a fast-selling product across the country, and does not need any law from the state to further endear him to all Nigerians.

By the special grace of God, Tinubu will emerge winner of the 2023 presidential election to the shame of purveyors of the hate news in the country, David added.