By Akinwale Kasali
The Lagos State House of Assembly, under the Speakership of Hon. Moji Meranda is set to probe the just impeached Speaker Mudashiru Obasa.
Olukayode Ogundipe, LAHA Spokesperson, disclosed in an interview that the House, on resumption, when Obasa is physically present, will begin to probe of Obasa for alleged fraudulent activities.
Ogundipe said, “On the other allegations against him, when he is on the ground physically, those ones will be taken care of.
“There are other things we’ve also been hearing about different amounts of money being spent by him. We felt we didn’t know how they got the record of those, but the ones we have, when he’s seated with us, actions will be taken.”
As regards the possibility of the Assembly submitting a petition to anti graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe the ex-Speaker, the Assembly spokesperson, representing Oshodi Constituency I, said, “That will be expatiated when he’s on the ground. Probably a committee will be set up to look into it or probably it will also be looked at by the leadership of the House.
“Those formalities as per procedures will be followed to the letter. So I’m sure you should expect the House to react to that when the time comes.”
Ogundipe in the interview stated that the former Speaker is still one of them and will continue to remain one of them and the process of his removal was constitutional.
It would be recalled that on Obasa’s arrival from the United States of America while addressing his Mandate Movement, MM, Supporters, he said his removal was unprocedural, insisting that he remained the authentic Speaker.
“If you want to claim that I’m corrupt, please prove it, let us see it.”
However, he seems to have calmed down over his claim to the Speaker’s seat. He has moved out of the Speaker’s official residence to which he returned to after his US trip.
Obasa was impeached as Speaker on January 13th, 2025, following allegations of misconduct and financial misappropriations leveled against him.
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