Mudashiru Obasa, Lagos Assembly Speaker
I remain Lagos Speaker until due process is followed, Obasa insists
Embattled former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has said he remained Speaker until his colleagues do the right about his purported impeachment.
Obasa also described the corruption allegations against him as “fictitious and unsubstantiated”.
He spoke at a welcome rally at his residence in GRA, Ikeja on Saturday.
Obasa said he was not afraid of being impeached but maintained that due process must be followed regarding the impeachment.
The former speaker, who accused the state Commissioner of Police of collusion in the process, said his removal was orchestrated while he was away.
Specifically, he alleged that security agents, led by the police commissioner, invaded the assembly complex and his homes in Agege and Ikeja, locking his family indoors with over 200 officers present.
The former Speaker, who denied allegation of misappropriation, dismissed claims that a gate construction had cost N16 billion.
According to him, “Is it the wall of Jericho?I am not afraid of being removed, after all, it is not my father’s chieftaincy title. I am representing my people and they have returned me six times. If you want to do anything, do it well.
“They did the removal all because I was out of the country. Lagos is a special place, we cannot denigrate the state.”
Recalling the case of the impeachment of former speaker, Rt. Hon Jokotola Pelumi, Obasa said he was in the assembly and “we did not invite policemen. When my sister, former deputy speaker of the house, hon. Adefunmilayo Tejuosho was removed, we did not invite the police.
“The Lagos State House of Assembly is above common standard of excellence.
“I appreciate the members of the governance advisory council and Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of the state. He is my brother and he always calls me his younger brother.”
Obasa was impeached on January 13 by more than two-thirds of the 40-member legislative house over alleged misconduct and sundry offences.
His Deputy, Mojisola Meranda, was immediately elected the new speaker, becoming the first female to take charge of the legislative body in the South-West state.