‘We reject him’ – Lagos lawmakers kick against ousted speaker, Mudashiru Obasa’s return to assembly complex

Thirty-six members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have rejected the return of Mudashiru Obasa, the ousted Speaker of the state House of Assembly.

The lawmakers convened at the Assembly garden, maintaining their stance based on their February 17 vote of confidence in Mojisola Meranda, who they elected to replace Obasa.

Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy, and Security, Stephen Ogundipe, who spoke to newsmen on behalf of his colleagues, condemned the ‘forceful’ entrance of Obasa into the assembly complex and called for calm.

‘’This is Lagos, the State House of Assembly. We’re shocked to see what’s happening here today. We expect our leaders, who earlier told us to remain calm, to come and address us and tell us where we went wrong or what really went wrong. We won’t take laws into our hands, but we belong to different constituencies and we have our mandates.

Whatever is going to happen, the leadership should speak with us and not this charade we’re witnessing. We are humiliated by this action. I was stopped at the gate from entering the assembly chamber. This is an embarrassment, and it must stop.

We are not against the leadership’s decisions, but they should call us and tell us instead of hearing rumours. They’re our leaders, we’ll still stand and obey their decisions.

We reject Obasa in totality,” he declared

The lawmakers also chorused, “We reject Obasa in totalit