The Lagos House of Assembly has told its impeached speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, that members stood by the decision they took a fortnight ago to remove him, expressing their resolve to stand solidly behind the new Speaker, Hon Mojisola Lasbat Meranda.
It therefore urged the erstwhile Speaker that he remained impeached and vowed to defend its position to the letter.
The position of the assembly was articulated in a statement signed on behalf of the house by Hon Ogundipe Stephen Olukayode and made available to the press on Saturday.
The statement titled ‘Impeachment: Nothing has changed’ read in full: “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 letter. As elected representative of the people of Lagos, we owe them good governance and harmonious relationship with other arms of government.
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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 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.
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.”
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