Mudashiru Obasa
A political analyst, Jide Ojo, has described the impeachment of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa as a self-inflicted own goal.
Ojo, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, said that snide remarks at Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu may have counted as one of Obasa’s offences that earned him the impeachment.
He said, “On the social media, most allusions were that he (Obasa) was disrespectful to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the way he carried out during the budget presentation exercise, particularly when he made that snide remark that I am not too young or inexperienced to be the governor of the state and I am more qualified than some of those people who are there.
“So, it’s presumed to be a snide remark at a sitting governor. Incidentally, as a speaker or deputy speaker of the House of Assembly you do not have immunity, you are just there at the grace of your members.
“I don’t know what might have prompted Obasa to behave the way he did because if what he is alleged to have done has been revealed which is politics behind the scene of keeping the governor waiting for several hours, keeping the party elders waiting and no apologies and then the President weighing in and you are showing some stubbornness and recalcitrant, well those the gods want to destroy they first make whatever.
“So, I believe this may have been a self-inflicted own goal if I want to call it own goal.”
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday impeached Obasa, accusing him of multiple statutory and financial infractions.
He was subsequently replaced by his deputy, Mojisola Meranda.
Mrs Meranda, who represents Apapa Constituency 1, is also a former chief whip of the house.
Mojeed Fatai is now the Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
