Tinubu resolves Lagos Assembly crisis
President Bola Tinubu has resolved the leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Credible sources that attended the meeting held behind the closed doors at the presidential villa, Abuja said all lawmakers are now happy with the agreement reached with the president.
He, however, declined to give the details. “We are happy, the crisis is over,” the source said.
The meeting was attended by the Speaker Mudashiru Obasa and Deputy Speaker Mojisola Meranda in the State House.
The lawmakers arrived in two white buses with Deputy Speaker Meranda while the Speaker Obasa arrived separately some minutes later.
After the meeting, lawmakers were seen singing joyfully “On your mandate we shall stand”— and hailing the president as he walked off to his office.
The leadership crisis in the Assembly took a different dimension on January 13, 2025, when Obasa was removed as Lagos speaker by more than two-thirds of the 40-member house, who voted him out over alleged misconduct and sundry offenses.
Obasa’s then-deputy, Meranda, was immediately elected the new Speaker, becoming the first female to take charge of the legislative body in the South-West state.
Obasa vehemently rejected his removal as speaker, claiming that it took place in his absence — when he was out of Nigeria.
However, 36 lawmakers loyal to Meranda insisted that Obasa’s removal was final and that Meranda remained the speaker of the House.
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After weeks of leadership tussle, Obasa who represents Agege Constituency I, Mudashiru Obasa, was on March 3 re-elected as the Speaker of the 40-member Assembly.
His re-election took place after the resignation of Mojisola Meranda who stepped down as the Speaker of the House.
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