Lagos Lawmakers Seen 'Singing, Dancing After Tinubu's Aso Rock Intervention Published
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The Round Table announces that the legislators arrived in two white buses, led by Deputy Speaker Meranda, while Speaker Obasa arrived abstractedly a few minutes later.
The meeting, coming in the wake of a leadership violence in the Assembly, was aimed at resolving lingering tensions.
Following the closed-door session, lawmakers were seen singing joyfully, chanting “On your mandate we shall stand” in encouragement of the president as he walked back to his office.
According to one of the lawmakers present at the meeting who spoke with Channels TV, “Everything has been resolved.” However, an official statement is for all that to be released regarding the discussions and resolutions.
The leadership rumble in the Lagos State House of Assembly intensified on January 13, 2025, when Speaker Obasa was removed by more than two-thirds of the 40-member House over suggested misconduct and other offenses.
His deputy, Mojisola Meranda, was immediately voted as the new Speaker, making history as the leading female to lead the legislative arm in the South-West state.
However, Obasa turned down his retrenchment, insisting that it was done in his nonbeing while he was out of Nigeria.
Despite Obasa’s inversion, 36 lawmakers loyal to Meranda stood their ground, maintaining that his retrenchment was final. However, after weeks of intense political maneuvering, Obasa was re-elected as Speaker on March 3, following Meranda’s resignation.
Meranda, who represents Apapa Constituency I, stepped down as Speaker during a plenary session and was immediately re-elected as Deputy Speaker.
Lawmakers applauded her leadership style, eulogising her for fostering peace in the House and for showing greatness and humility in sticking to the rules of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
With the intervention of Tinubu, stakeholders believe the skirmish in the Lagos Assembly has now been laid to rest, for all that an official statement is on the other hand awaited.
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Published 3/13/2025