Olumuyiwa Jimoh, a former Deputy Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, says that Mudashiru Obasa ought to be suspended from the House for demanding that he stays the Speaker of the Assembly in spite of his expulsion.
“ Obasa claims that he is still the speaker, which I think he knows that the implication is automatic suspension. I feel he should be suspended for that. It is an impersonation,” Jimoh said.
“How can he be the bona fide speaker of the house? It will prompt his suspension. He knows its implication. He has been in the house for almost two decades. If I were to be in the house, I am going to move a motion for his suspension.”
Obasa was removed as Lagos speaker on Monday, January 13, 2025, when more than 66% of the 40-member legislative house removed him out over alleged misconduct and sundry offences.
Obasa’s then deputy, Mojisola Meranda, was elected with immediate effect as the new Speaker, becoming the first female to assume responsibility for the legislative body in the South-West state.
Obasa, from Agege Constituency I, was first elected into the House in 2007. He has since been in the chamber from that point forward. He arose speaker in June 2015 preceding his expulsion in January 2025.
On Saturday, January 25, 2025, said he stayed the speaker until the proper thing has been done, blaming the militarization of the assembly complex during the indictment process. He likewise claimed his expulsion as speaker occurred in his absence — when he was out of Nigeria.
In any case, Jimoh, a former member of the House, said Obasa does not need to be in the House before he can be eliminated as speaker.
“ Obasa doesn’t need to be in the House to be impeached. It is stipulated in the constitution: section 92 subsection 2 states it clearly,” Jimoh expressed.
The former legislator likewise claimed that Obasa was instrumental in his evacuation as deputy majority leader of the House while he was a member of the parliament.
“I was not happy that he removed me. I was not notified about the process of my removal. I didn’t contend it because he coerced and intimidated members to sign for my removal. Furthermore, I took it in good fate,” Jimoh said.
On the justification for his removal, Jimoh said it was “on the grounds that I in all actuality do challenge him on a portion of his strategies that were hostile to majority rule and against fair treatment.”
“I’m glad that it is the new members who removed him,” he said, while requesting anti-graft agencies to probe the allegations against the previous speaker.
