EXCLUSIVE: Tinubu gives tacit approval to Obasa’s removal

The removal of Hon. Mudasiru Obasa as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly has now been finally sealed as President Bola Tinubu has allegedly given a tacit approval to the decision of the Lagos lawmakers.


Last week, 32 of the 40-member assembly impeached Obasa as Speaker citing sundry alleged infractions including corruption and alleged highhandedness.


WESTERN POST gathered that President Tinubu met the new leadership of the House and members of the party’s Governance Advisory Council at a closed-doors meeting in Abuja on Wednesday evening.


Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu, Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat and the embattled former Speaker Obasa were not at the meeting. Though Obasa was said to be in Abuja.


New Speaker, Rt (Hon) Mojisola Lasbat Meranda and some leaders of the House were, however, in attendance.


At the meeting, President Tinubu was said to have complained about the clandestine manner the lawmakers carried out the impeachment, saying it amounted to a coup.


But WESTERN POST learnt that after the GAC leaders present pleaded with him to accept given Obasa’s alleged excesses, the President was said to have reluctantly accepted the action.


Speaker Meranda had pledged to work with all leaders of the state and other arms of government to ensure a seamless delivery of dividends of democracy to Lagosians with a core focus on transparency, inclusion and good governance.

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