Former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, says it is not a sin nursing an ambition to become the governor of Lagos ahead 2027 general election. Obasa was speaking during a press briefing yesterday at his residence in Lagos. The deposed speaker challenged All Progressive Congress, APC, leaders in the state to tell Lagosians when and where he publicised that he wanted to succeed the incumbent Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
His statement partly said, “Having an ambition to become a governor is not a sin. However, I said on the floor of the house when the budget was presented that I had no thoughts of governorship but that does not mean I am not qualified or that I lack experience and I still maintain that
“I’m still the speaker until the right thing has been done,” he insisted.
Mr Obasa condemned the action of some stakeholder through the militarisation of the assembly complex during the impeachment process.
He reiterated that his removal was illegal as speaker because it took place in his absence when he was out of Nigeria where due process was not followed.
Recalls that Obasa was purportedly impeached as Lagos speaker on Monday, January 13, 2025, when more than two-thirds of the 40-member legislative house voted him out over alleged misconduct and sundry offenses.
Obasa’s deputy, Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, was immediately crowned as the new Speaker, becoming the first female to take charge of the legislative body in the South-West state since inception of democracy.
