The Lagos Liberation Movement has vowed to resist by any means possible attempt by the Lagos State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
The group said it viewed the latest move against Ambode as the height of legislative rascality and abuse of office by members of the State House of Assembly and as such vowed to sack members in the forthcoming elections.
Speaking in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday and jointly signed by Comrades Mark Adebayo and Olufemi Lawson on behalf of the group, the LLM said: “We wish to call the attention of Lagosians and Nigerians to the latest move by some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, acting as legislative scamp and are currently making an attempt to hoist something that is totally undemocratic on the people of Lagos State where they seek to, for no justifiable reason, attempt an impeachment of the governor of Lagos State.”
The group expressed concern over the role being played by Lagos State House of Assembly, led by Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, on the matter, as it said the Assembly is deviating from its statutory responsibility of law making and seriously making move to hijack Executive responsibilities that are beyond the mandates of the lawmakers.
According to the group: “The Assembly is beginning to position itself, as a clog in the wheel of progress of our State, and have refused to appreciate the unprecedented statesman role, played by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in stabilizing the state, despite the reactionary manipulations of the House of Assembly, against his administration.
“Besides that, there are conditions for impeachment should lawmakers be dissatisfied with the conduct of the Governor, and those conditions do not fall within the scope of the comic attempts by the Obasa-led group in the Lagos State House of Assembly.”
The group also accused former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, of being behind the garb of the masquerade that is currently battling to illegally unseat Ambode.
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