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My Removal As Lagos Speaker Was Not Constitutional – Obasa

The immediate past Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has said that his removal as Speaker was not constitutional.

Speaking at the programme held at the official residence of the Lagos Speaker in GRA, Ikeja, Obasa said the due process was not followed in his removal.

The former speaker emphasised that the allegations made against him by the lawmakers could not be substantiated and that he is the most experienced lawmaker in the Assembly having been elected six times since 2003.

He said: “I thank you for your support and dedication. I will take this advantage to debunk the allegations that were circulated and raised about me

“Is it possible to construct an ordinary gate with N16 billion? It is not the wall of Jericho or the wall that demarcated the United States of America and Mexico.

“How can they say we bought one Hilux bus for N1billion each and that we bought 40 pieces for N40 billion.

“Talking about Thanksgiving, they should compare the one they said we spent N200 million on and the one organised by the state government.

“I am not disturbed or perturbed and I am not afraid. I will debunk all the allegations levelled against me by the House.

“I have not done anything wrong. I have been a lawmaker for over two decades and I am the longest serving lawmaker in the House.”

According to Obasa, it was important that the due process ought to have been followed before his removal.

He said the Lagos State Commissioner of Police led police officers to invade the Assembly on the day of the removal, adding that over 200 policemen also invaded his private residence in Agege and blocked the gate, while they prevented members of his family from going out of the house.

“I am not afraid of being removed, after all it is not my father’s chieftaincy title. I am representing my people and they have returned me six times. If you want to do anything, do it well.

“They did the removal all because I was out of the country. Lagos is a special place, we cannot denigrate the state.

“When former speaker, Rt. Hon Jokotola Pelumi was removed, he was in the assembly and we did not invite policemen. When my sister, former deputy speaker of the House, Hon. Adefunmilayo Tejuosho was removed, we did not invite the police.

“They should not discredit an innocent person, they should prove their allegations against me. The Lagos State House of Assembly is above common standard of excellence.

“I believe in the image of our institution, we must not destroy it and I will never partake in it’s destruction.

“I appreciate the members of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) and Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of the state, he is my brother and he always calls me his younger brother,” he said.

Obasa also thanked Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, and President Bola Tinubu, who he said would always be his father.

He recalled that he had been with President Tinubu during his days in the Social Democratic Party (SDP), adding that he never expected to be Speaker in 2015 but that Tinubu supported him even when everyone was against him.

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