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Lagos Assembly: ‘Tinubu not in support of Obasa’s return as Speaker
The report that President Bola Tinubu is backing the return of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly “is a fallacy, a total spin in the media to test the waters.
“Since January 13 that he was impeached, Obasa is gone and I can categorically tell you that he is gone for good or bad. He is not coming back as the Number Three Citizen of the Centre of Excellence.
“In fact, you know the Nigerian practice is that if and when a Speaker is suspended like that, he or she will be placed on suspension to allow the successor to effectively take charge.
“But those close to the President are putting pressure on us not to suspend him. However, with the way Obasa is going, we may suspend him and heavens will not fall”.
With the above, a member of the 40-member Lagos State House of Assembly, on Sunday, described as false the report that President Tinubu and the First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, are backing the return of Obasa as Speaker.
The report declared that the president and his wife are putting pressure on the lawmakers to allow Obasa’s return as Speaker.
It was said that Obasa should be given a soft landing, be allowed to return and after a few weeks, he will resign voluntarily.
Speaking with Freedom Online, the lawmaker, who said his name should not be mentioned because he is not the spokesman for the House, described those behind the story as “politically daft”.
“What I will say is simple. People behind the story are politically daft. That is the truth. How could anybody write and publish a story like that? Does it make any sense at all? That Obasa should come back as Speaker and later resign. This is the first time I will read this type of a stupid story.
“That story is even an embarrassment. They don’t know they are embarrassing the office of the Commander-in-Chief by mentioning President Tinubu’s name.
“Haba! Are they daft? Is that the way power is given? Is Obasa the first speaker to be impeached in the country? What the President, GAC members and some elders are telling us is that we should not suspend him.
“But, with the way Obasa and a few people close to him are spinning stories in the media, we may have to suspend him soon. There is no way any reasonable person will allow a snake to stay in the same room with him or her.
“We have a meeting on this matter in a few days. Mojisola Meranda is our Speaker. Final. For even embarrassing the president, we will tell Obasa we have the powers to deal with him”.
According to him, such financial mishandling not only disrupts critical public services and projects but also results in major losses to the nation’s purse—resources that could have been channelled into crucial services and developmental efforts, as laid out in Section 14(2)(b) of the Constitution.
Speaker Abbas, thereafter setup a Special Committee to be chaired by Rep. Chinedu Martins to immediately launch a probe into the “Utilisation of take-off grants, bailout funds, and interventions allocated to MDAs, government institutions, and GOEs from 2015 to present.”
The FCT Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike, expressed satisfaction with the progress on the Abuja light rail project, reaffirming its May 29 delivery as sacrosanct.
He made these assurances after inspecting the ongoing construction of access roads to the train stations on Wednesday, from Metro Train Station in the Central Area to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Reassuring journalists accompanying him, the minister reiterated that President Bola Tinubu would commission the rail project on May 29 to mark his second year in office.
The visited stations were Wupa station near Idu and Bassanjiwa station near the airport.
“This is part of our routine inspection of ongoing projects to see the contractors’ progress,” Wike explained.
“We are working day and night to fulfill our promise to President Tinubu and FCT residents. By May, Mr. President will ride on the Metro line.”
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen are currently invading some communities in the Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State.
According to sources, the herdsmen armed with AK-47 rifles stormed the community around 04:15pm on Thursday.
“Our lives are in danger this evening, armed Fulani herdsmen, about 600 in numbers have taken over our communities this evening,” a resident told SaharaReporters.
“They’re currently moving around towns in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue state. No security personnel at all, Governor Alia didn’t send security, they said operation will start soon once they (herders) have observed the place.”
The insecurity situation in Benue has been alarming in recent weeks with attacks from gunmen suspected to be herdsmen.
The media had reported that suspected herdsmen again unleashed terror in Benue State, attacking three communities in Otukpo Local Government Area (LGA) on Wednesday, just a day after 11 people were killed in a deadly raid on Otobi community.
The latest victims of the escalating violence were Emichi, Odudaje, and Okpamaju, communities that had previously suffered an attack in February, which left five people dead.
However, the renewed attack has created fear and mass displacement among residents, with women and children fleeing to safety.
Local sources say the death toll from the fresh attack remains unclear, but several casualties are feared.
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