Subair Mohammed gives a vivid description of how events developed at the Assembly House of the State of Lagos after the threat of the accused president, Mudashiru Obasa to resume in office, when the house resumed the plenary on January 27.
There was an obvious tension before the resumption of the members of the Chamber of the Establishment of the State of Lagos on Monday as part of the consequences of leadership change in the Chamber. Security intensified 24 hours to the house session. The situation increased by the exaggeration of the means of solidarity The Rally of the supporters of the defendant Mudashiru Obasa, to his official residence after his return from a trip to the United States. Days after he was removed as a speaker, Obasa had flown from us.
On Monday, the other legislators in the house began the activities of the day with the “sacred baptism” of the accused speaker's office and a photo shoot. They prayed. They limited and expelled unknown spirits in the midst of cheers and a public sample of loyalty and support to the new speaker, Honorable Mojisola Lasbat Meranda. Days after the outbreak of the former talkative at the reception of his supporters in his honor on Saturday, their colleagues legislators seemed imperturbable, since they firmly had their RT choice. Honorable Meranda as the speaker of the house.
During the reception, Obasa promised to resume in the assembly as the president of the house. This statement, without a doubt, left the other legislators and the new leadership of the chamber under an unstable merand . Legislators were apparently prepared for any eventuality. They exhibited the unit and the link that existed between them through a group photograph taken in the new speaker's office and within the assembly facilities in the world's complete glow. For them, Meranda is a new broom that would sweep the outdated practices of the past leadership of the assembly, and the change will favor the reform and accelerate the implementation of new ideas.
Outside the facilities they tightened and fear when armed security men set up guard at the assembly door by analyzing all visitors home and guard for any perceived threat. They submitted legislators and journalists to verify and stop the legislators who were former allies of the dismissed ally. As the projection intensified, the former majority leader under the former speaker, Honorable Noheem Adams, entered the scene. He was saved from the search for the guards. Adam, a firm loyal of Obasa, led to the facilities of the Assembly in a black Range Rover without marking with music that sounds from his car. The security personnel stopped him but obviously offended by this; He drove without being reviewed.
Meanwhile, the president of the Information Committee of the House of Representatives, the Honorable Stephen Ogundipe, said about the photo shoot as a sample of loyalty and loyalty to the new leadership. He said with that, the legislators reaffirmed their support to the speaker of the lady. He, however, dismissed the threats of the former speaker that the status quo before subsists as a mere speculation. Adams said: “We are solidly for the new speaker. Nothing has changed. “
Non -satisfactory GAC role, Grupo Bias
Since the termination of the Obasa Speakership reign, members of the Apex advisory body in the state of Lagos, the Governing Advisory Council (GAC) has had its fair part of the guilt game. One of these groups that are at the forefront of the call for the restoration of the former speaker in conflict is the progressive alliance (PA). The group kicked against the appearance of Meranda as a speaker, claiming injustice and abuse of the members of the area of the area. The group coordinator, Honorable according to Banjo, said that of the 40 legislators in the Chamber, 20 of them are from Lakes West, therefore, the area must conserve its space to occupy the position of accommodation in the spirit of justice and justice .
He said: We have no problem with the elimination of Obasa after everything that was not chosen in the house as a speaker. He was chosen as legislator. But our concern is that legislators were not well guided to choose Meranda as the new speaker. It is frightening and disturbing that they have approved all the 20 -qualified qualified legislators in our area, which has the greatest electoral asset in terms of votes and membership of the Congress of all progressives (APC) and handed it to Lagos Central, where the Babajide Sanwo-olu governor also comes. It is nowhere in the house rules book that if a speaker is eliminated, his replacement must be his deputy. In addition, examples of political correction guided by the fair distribution of political offices that address religious and sectional interests abound in the political space in Nigeria.
The members of the injured party reproached the members of the GAC of Lagos West, including the secretary of the GAC, Alhaji Mutiu Aare, former vice president of Lagos, Adejoke Adefulire Adejoke, former Minister of Defense Statement, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, president of the APC state , Pastor Cornelius ojelabi, Prince Rabiu Adio Oluwa; and former state president, Chief Henry Oladele Ajomale. “It is scandalous that these leaders sit down and allow the position of the accommodation to escape from western lakes. In any case, we leave them to posterity to judge them, ”said Banjo.
Mom Gac
Amid the intensity of the tension on the leadership of the chamber and the altercation between the members of the GAC, the secretary of the organ, Alhaji, it is said that the group of elderly has adopted a point of view of comments more without problems about the affair. This position was a sequel to the altercation between two council members, Senator Obanikoro and Senator Anthony Adefuye, who had divergent opinions about the elimination of the speaker. While Adefuye believed that Obasa was illegally eliminated from office, Obanikoro on his part, was not happy that the old man made an open statement.
Meanwhile, in his submission, he said that the problem will be resolved familiar. He said: “Whatever is currently happening in Lagos politics is a family issue. As the elderly, I must not be taking a side. We would resolve everything because the Governing Advisory Council (GAC) is Apex's advisory body has its own mechanism to resolve issues like this. By virtue of my position as secretary of the body, they do not give me an express permission to talk about the matter. But I can tell you that we will resolve it familiar. “
Probe
Meanwhile, indications arose that the new camera leadership can investigate the possession of the former speaker based on diverse accusations. It was eliminated by the members of the majority of the Chamber for accusations that border the abuse of office and the lack of respect for other legislators. The Honorable Abiodun Tobun, representing Epe Citientsuency 1, gave track of the possible investigation of the accused president and the suspended secretary of the Chamber, Mr. Olalekan Onafeko. “Therefore, for equity, equity and justice, the new speaker is probably a panel to investigate the accusations,” Tobun said.
But reacting to the accusations during a reception organized for him for his supporters, Obasa denied his participation in any shaded financial treatment. He said: “I must take advantage of the advantage to discredit the reports that have been circulating. It was said that I spent N17B to build an ordinary door. How is this possible? Is it a wall of Jericho or Us-Mexico Wall? We are an assembly house of 40 members. For the good of security, we bought 45 Hilux Van and now they claim that we spend N45 billion to acquire the trucks. They said I spent N1B to buy a truck. This is not possible. How can anyone say that buying a Hilux truck for N1B when it is not a limousine car? Is it possible to buy a Hilux truck for N1 billion? I have not done anything wrong. They should not discredit an innocent person, they should prove their accusations against me. The House of Assembly of the State of Lagos is above the standard of common excellence. I believe in the image of our institution, we must not destroy it and I will never participate in its destruction. “
However, the efforts to get the spokesman for the house, the honorable Stephen Ogundipe to comment on the matter was not successful, since he did not choose calls placed in his line or responded to the messages.
Read also: Constitutional Obasa-Ex-Speller Ikuforiji removal