Obasa Remains Impeached, Lagos Assembly Reaffirms Meranda as Speaker
The Lagos State House of Assembly has reiterated its unwavering support for the new Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, reaffirming the impeachment of the former Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa.
Obasa who was recently impeached by his colleagues over allegations of misconduct, during a welcome event organised in his honour by supporters at Ikeja GRA on Saturday, claimed that the process of his impeachment did not comply with constitutional procedures.
But in a statement signed by Ogundipe Olukayode, the Assembly dismissed Obasa’s attempts to challenge the decision as “uncalled for and unparliamentary.”
“It is imperative to clarify that over 2/3 of the members of the Lagos State House of Assembly are solidly united behind the new Speaker, Rt Hon Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, therefore we stood by the decision taken on the 13th of January where Rt Hon Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa was impeached and we shall defend our positions to the latter.
As elected representatives of the people of Lagos, we owe them good governance and harmonious relationship with other arms of government.
“The position of the House remains the same and nothing has changed. The position being canvassed by former Speaker, Rt Hon Obasa is uncalled for and unparliamentary,” the statement read.
The lawmakers emphasized that their actions were in line with statutory orders and were a reflection of the Assembly’s commitment to good governance.
“The majority of members elected Rt. Hon Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker for the 10th Assembly and we also at the said Plenary took majority decision to remove him and stand by the new Speaker so, nothing has changed.
“All members were elected from their various constituencies across the state and we all have the inalienable rights under the necessary Statutory orders to remove their Principal officers, including the Speaker,” the Assembly stated.
They appealed to Obasa to embrace peace, warning that his current “intransigent posture” risks destabilizing the state.
“I therefore , appeal to the former Speaker to toe the line of peace and harmony as being followed by others, as the current intransigent posture will heat up the polity and not augur well.
“Any attempt to heat up the polity will be resisted by the majority of distinguished members who unanimously elected Rt Hon Meranda. Peace we want in Lagos and Peace we will achieve,” the statement added.
Obasa Remains Impeached, Lagos Assembly Reaffirms Meranda as Speaker is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
