• Halimah Olamide

*As GAC Orders Re-election of Impeached Speaker “to Allow Him Resign”

Any moment from today, the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Miranda, will step down from her position.

As she steps down, the impeached Speaker, Mudasiru Obasa will be re-elected in a new political arrangement that is expected to see him resign for the election of a new Speaker after three weeks.

NPO Reports gathered from sources close to the matter that these were some of the resolutions reached on Sunday after hours-long meeting at the State House, Marina.

At the meeting were the Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, impeached Speaker, Obasa, MIranda, Chief of Staff to the Governor, Tayo Ayinde, , and a host of others.

Miranda, according to the reliable source, will return to her position as the Deputy Speaker.

At the meeting, it was gathered that both sides were prevailed upon to sheath their swords and allow peace to reign in the House of Assembly, which has come under tension in almost one month since the removal of Obasa.

NPO Reports however gathered that Obasa, after the three weeks, may not resign as the truce reached was just to see an end to the crisis that had engulfed the legislative house for weeks.

The source informed NPO Reports that each member of the House was made to speak at the meeting where they respectively spoke on their grievances against Obasa.

At some point, lawmakers who were said to be in support of Obasa were asked to queue behind him to show how popular he is in the House. It was gathered only seven members showed solidarity with the former Speaker while the remaining 33 lawmakers stayed behind Miranda.

“Obasa himself could see how unpopular he is in the House. Perhaps that was why he was begging the members assuring them he would change as from now,” the source said.

NPO Reports reliably gathered that the resolution was the final prescription ordered by President Bola Tinubu, who, it was learnt had expressed misgivings at the manner in which Obasa was impeached without prior knowledge.

This view was corroborated by the chairman of the GAC, Olusi, during an interview with Arise Television at the weekend.

Olusi had said that the lawmakers lacked the power to have impeached Obasa without informing the leaders of the party.

Recall that tension peaked at the House of Assembly last week after Obasa made a surprising return to the House backed up by heavy security operatives.

At the same time that Obasa returned to the House amidst tight security, security men attached to Miranda were withdrawn.

The police command had said its withdrawal of the security men attached to Miranda was part of its “routine audit.”