Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, has been removed from office by members of the House.
The Clerk of the House, Mr Olalekan Onafeko, was also suspended indefinitely, while the Chief Whip, Mr Mojeed Fatai, was elected the new Deputy Speaker.
Multiple sources confirmed that the lawmakers removed Obasa during a plenary session on Monday.
Details surrounding the speaker’s removal remain unclear as of press time. However, the Deputy Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, has been sworn in as the new Speaker.
Obasa’s Chief Press Secretary, Eromosele Ebhomele, is incommunicado as at the time of filing this report.
Speaking on the impeachment, a lawmaker stated, “It is only death that is constant, so change is inevitable. Members of the parliament today have decided to change the leadership of the House. The Constitution makes it clear that the House has the power to regulate its proceedings.
“The members of the House felt we have had enough of the leadership of Mudashiru Obasa. We unanimously agreed that Hon. Mojisola Meranda would become the new Speaker and Hon. Fatai Adebola would be the Deputy Speaker. It was a resolution concurred by all members of the parliament. As we speak, all principal positions and standing committees of the House have been dissolved.
However, the lawmaker did not specify the precise reasons for Obasa’s impeachment.
Obasa recently dismissed allegations that the Assembly had spent ₦17 billion on constructing a gate as “spurious and laughable.”
A group called the Lagos State Anti-Corruption Coalition had accused the Assembly of spending the amount on the gate and called for an investigation.
At the plenary, the former Speaker denied the allegations, describing them as politically motivated.
Obasa, a sixth-term lawmaker representing Agege Constituency I under the All Progressives Congress, has held the speakership for years.
He has previously faced controversies and allegations of financial mismanagement within the Assembly.
