Femi Gbajabiamila (born June 25, 1962,) is a Nigerian lawyer, All Progressives Congress Leader, and House Leader of Nigeria's 8th House of Representatives. Gbajabiamila attended Igbobi College in Yaba , Lagos and Unilag where he obtained a degree in law.
He practiced law in Georgia, United States of America, before returning to Nigeria. Gbajabiamila has shown that he has no fear of controversy, having stood against former president Olusegun Obasanjo third term bid. Gbajabiamila was elected to the House in 2003, and re-elected in 2007. He represents the Surulere I constituency of Lagos State.
Gbajabiamila caused outrage and suspicion he was living beyond his legal means when he gifted his wife a Mercedes G-Wagon, which costs in the region of $300,000, for her 50th birthday; this excluded the cost of the 1-day lavish party itself. All these is despite the fact his only known source of income is from a political position with earnings of less than $25,000 a year.
Gbajabiamila was the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives in the 7th National Assembly and House Leader of Nigeria's 8th House of Representatives. He was head of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating claims by the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) that 140.9 Billion Naira (about $1Bn), which was owed by 'Zenon Petroleum & Gas Limited' and 'Forte Oil Plc', has been paid. The call for investigation of the reported payment was made by another lawmaker, Bimbo Daramola who moved the motion that the House set up a panel to verify the claims by AMCON that the Femi Otedola -owned two companies have paid back the money which the government Of Nigeria paid for petroleum products reportedly not delivered as agreed upon by the dictates of the government's fuel subsidy scheme. Bimbo Daramola had suspected that the payment, if truly made, was "shrouded in secrecy."
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