{"id":93107,"date":"2025-02-27T20:44:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T20:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=93107"},"modified":"2025-02-28T05:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T05:23:18","slug":"eko-for-show-36-lawmakers-kick-as-mudasiru-obasa-makes-dramatic-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=93107","title":{"rendered":"Eko for show: 36 lawmakers kick as Mudasiru Obasa makes dramatic comeback(+Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_92710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92710\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-92710\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2593548e-8b02-4768-923e-e67de04ba3ee-300x260.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2593548e-8b02-4768-923e-e67de04ba3ee-300x260.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2593548e-8b02-4768-923e-e67de04ba3ee.jpeg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hon. Mojisola Meranda.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6 !important;\">It was a day full of political drama in Lagos State this Thursday: Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, had her official security aides withdrawn abruptly; and then deposed Speaker, Mudasiru Obasa, bounced back with a retinue of official security operatives and had a sitting with four members.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\u201cI\u2019ve resumed, and I remain the Speaker of the Assembly&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">I\u2019ve never been removed. Impeachment or removal is democratic and constitutional but in doing that, you must follow the due process. I am not against that. If I do that, then I am not democratic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6 !important;\">But 36 lother awmakers met on the sprawling garden of the Assembly building and said they rejected his return as speaker in &#8220;totality&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(Video below shows as Obasa storms Assembly to take over reins of power as lawmakers watch and film the drama).<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 360px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-93107-1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VID-20250227-WA0046.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VID-20250227-WA0046.mp4\">https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VID-20250227-WA0046.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6 !important;\">Obasa, who was removed by his colleagues weeks ago, stormed the Assembly surrounded by security personnel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6 !important;\">The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent observed that Obasa arrived at the Lagos Assembly at exactly 12:05 p.m., accompanied by two lawmakers loyal to him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6 !important;\">He went straight into the Speaker\u2019s office while other lawmakers, loyal to Mojisola Meranda, watched the unfolding drama from the sitting area of the garden, while others filmed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6 !important;\">NAN recalls that protesters had stormed the Lagos Assembly on Thursday to demonstrate against the withdrawal of Meranda\u2019s security details.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6 !important;\">Earlier, all police escorts assigned to the Speaker, as well as security personnel guarding the Assembly complex, were withdrawn without explanation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6 !important;\">This sudden action left the Speaker and the entire legislative house dangerously exposed, raising serious concerns about the motives behind it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6 !important;\">The crisis began on Jan. 13 after Obasa was removed over alleged financial impropriety and gross misconduct.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6 !important;\">He was immediately replaced by his deputy, Meranda, while Fatai Mojeed assumed the role of Deputy Speaker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6 !important;\">On Jan. 14, Obasa approached the Lagos High Court to challenge his removal by his colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>As the drama played out, thirty-six members of the\u00a0 Assembly backing\u00a0 Meranda rejected Obasa as their Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>They maintained that their\u00a0 lawmakers convened at the Assembly garden, maintaining their stance February 17 vote of confidence in Meranda.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy, and Security, Stephen Ogundipe, stated:: \u201cThis is Lagos, the State House of Assembly. We\u2019re shocked to see what\u2019s happening here today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect our leaders, who earlier told us to remain calm, to come and address us and tell us where we went wrong or what really went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe won\u2019t take laws into our hands, but we belong to different constituencies and we have our mandates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever is going to happen, the leadership should speak with us and not this charade we\u2019re witnessing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are humiliated by this action. I was stopped at the gate from entering the assembly chamber. This is an embarrassment, and it must stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not against the leadership\u2019s decisions, but they should call us and tell us instead of hearing rumours. They\u2019re our leaders, we\u2019ll still stand and obey their decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe reject Obasa in totality,\u201d he declared, as his colleagues reechoes in unison, \u201cWe reject Obasa in totality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Additional report by <strong>NAN<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a day full of political drama in Lagos State this Thursday: Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, had her official security aides withdrawn abruptly; and then deposed Speaker, Mudasiru Obasa, bounced back with a retinue of official security operatives and had a sitting with four members. \u201cI\u2019ve resumed, and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":92706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[733,7013,6944],"class_list":["post-93107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-politics","tag-lagos","tag-meranda","tag-obasa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}