A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Fouad Oki, has stated that Mudashiru Obasa’s impeachment as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly was essential to holding him accountable for his actions.
Oki made this statement on Monday while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, following Obasa’s impeachment.
Obasa, a sixth-term APC lawmaker representing Agege Constituency I, was impeached on Monday by the Lagos State House of Assembly over allegations of fraud.
The deputy speaker, Mojisola Meranda, was elected to lead the house.
Reacting, Oki described Obasa’s impeachment as foreseeable, accusing him of acting like an “emperor” and adding that events over the past three months had signalled the end of his tenure.
His words: “He saw himself as an emperor. It became very obvious that there was a need for a change in the leadership of the parliament in Lagos.
“If you cast your mind back, you must have seen this coming in the last 18 months.
“Recall the events on the day when the governor presented the 2025 appropriation bill and the leadership of the party was invited to the convention.
“Not only was the governor kept waiting for over four hours, but the leadership of the party and all invited dignitaries were also kept waiting with no apologies or excuses. And when he came into the chambers, courtesies, too, were not extended to anyone.
“Rather, it was a situation or an event of letting people know that I am the emperor here. One of the ways to check such an irresponsible attitude is by calling his excesses to order.”
Oki further stated that the impeachment was carried out in President Bola Tinubu’s best interest to ensure Lagos remained central to his political leadership.
He said, “Before the president came home, this issue had been lingering. In the wisdom of members of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), the president’s attention was called.
“The president, as father and leader, called a meeting wherein he tried to make sense out of the observations raised by elders of the party.
“Unfortunately, the president saw by himself a recalcitrant. I think that is what broke the camel’s back.”
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