The Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile, has stated that the governor had no involvement in the impeachment of the immediate past Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa.
Akosile denied the widespread rumor that Sanwo-Olu was behind the removal of Obasa, which was allegedly due to a rift between the legislative arm and the governor.
Akosile made the clarification on Tuesday in Lagos, stating, “No, no, no. There is absolutely nothing true about that. I mean, no, the Governor does not have a hand in it. It was purely a legislative matter.
“The Governor is busy with serious matters, busy with taking care of the over 20 million Lagos population.
“What happened in the Hallowed Chamber of the House of Assembly was purely the prerogative of the legislators.
“I mean, we saw on the media, just like you, that the legislators removed the Speaker. We watched like every other person. The Governor must have watched it like any other person.
“I don’t think there is anything more to it other than that. So, absolutely, there is no hand of the governor in the impeachment of the Speaker,” Akosile told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN.
Recall that members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday impeached Obasa, a sixth-term lawmaker, who was serving his third term as Speaker.
The Assembly then elected and swore in Deputy Speaker, Mrs Mojisola Meranda, APC-Apapa I, to replace Obasa, while Mr Fatai Adebola, APC-Ibeji-Lekki I, was elected as the new Deputy Speaker.
The House also suspended the Clerk of the Assembly, Olalekan Onafeko, indefinitely during the plenary and dissolved all principal positions and standing committees.
