Deposed speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has spoken out over his removal from office by the state lawmakers.
He emphatically described the corruption allegations against him as “fictitious and unsubstantiated.”
Speaking during a welcome rally at his residence in Joel Ogunnaike GRA, Ikeja on Saturday, Obasa stated that while he is not afraid of the impeachment, due process must be followed.
The former Speaker alleged that his removal was orchestrated while he was away and accused the State Commissioner of Police of aiding the process.
He claimed security agents, led by the Police Commissioner, invaded the Assembly complex and his homes in Agege and Ikeja, locking his family indoors with over 200 officers present.
“If I am not speaker, that’s not the end of the world. If you want to claim that I am corrupt, please prove it,” Obasa stated.
He dismissed allegations of misappropriation, mocking claims that a gate construction cost N16 billion, saying, “Is it the wall of Jericho?”
Obasa was impeached on January 13 by more than two-thirds of the 40-member legislative house over alleged misconduct and sundry offences.
His deputy, Mojisola Meranda, was immediately elected the new Speaker, becoming the first female to take charge of the legislative body in the South-West state.
Obasa, from Agege Constituency I, was first elected into the House in 2007. He has been in the chamber since then. He emerged speaker in June 2015.
On Monday, January 13, 2025, he was impeached for gross misconduct and abuse of office.
