The Majority Leader of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Yinka Mafe has reiterated his denial of the accusation of sponsoring killer thugs in his constituency, Sagamu 1.
Mafe was alleged to have been the backers of four arrested thugs that killed a man identified simply as Arsenal-Nice.
However, the lawmaker, a lawyer, said the “false” allegations were made to tarnish his image ahead of the 2019 gubernatorial election in the state.
He urged the police to charge the so-called thugs of his to court in order to bring out the truth in the matter.
He said on Friday, “I was very shocked to read about the report because as an honourable man and the majority leader of Ogun State House of Assembly, I do not have a business sponsoring cultists especially at this moment when I have nothing to gain in sponsoring them.
“I am more surprised because this is coming at a time when we all know that the member of the House of Representatives from the opposition party vying for governorship seat in the state is visiting Sagamu and it is in the public domain he’s the one sponsoring the fake news against my person.
“We also know that he’s the one using the office of the AIG in Zone II and I have to put it on record that those names released by the police are not in the custody of police, it’s all lies and I know the police cannot produce the four persons.
“I was aware of the person that was reportedly killed, he was killed about seven years ago and it is in the public domain that he was killed during an infighting between cult groups and both sides recorded casualties, he was one of them.”