The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has been impeached as the Speaker.
Obasa was replaced by his Deputy, Hon. Mojisola Miranda, as the new speaker of the Assembly.
The lawmakers removed from office for alleged gross misconduct and abuse of office by his fellow lawmakers.
Obasa had been having a running battle with the Governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Against this background, his removal as the speaker is believed to have the backing of Sanwo-Olu.
Obasa has represented Agege Constituency 1 in the Assembly since 2007 and has been the Speaker since 2015.
Following his removal, police officers were deployed to the Assembly’s premises to prevent the breakdown of law and order.
TheHintsNews reports that President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) recently warned Obasa against disrespecting Sanwo-Olu, and the office of the governor under whatever guise.
Checks revealed that when recently visited the president in Lagos, on Friday, the Chairman of GAC, Alhaji Tajudeen Olusi told the president he wanted to give him a situation report on the state of play in the state.
He told the president that the disrespect that Sanwo-Olu had suffered in the hands of the speaker was no longer acceptable.
Olusi went on to reel off instances, which they considered disrespectful, including the one they have had to physically intervene and reprimand the speaker.
After all had spoken, and it was the turn of the president, Tinubu was said to have exhibited obvious disdain over the alleged report by the GAC leadership on the speaker and went on to openly lash him for not just disrespecting the governor and his office, but also for poorly managing the politics of the state.