Lawmakers in the Lagos State House of Assembly have strongly opposed the return of former Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. A total of 36 members stood by their decision to replace him with Mojisola Meranda.

The legislators gathered at the Assembly garden to reaffirm their confidence in Meranda, whom they elected on February 17. They expressed their disapproval of Obasa’s attempt to re-enter the Assembly complex.

Stephen Ogundipe, the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy, and Security, spoke on behalf of the lawmakers. He criticized Obasa’s ‘forceful’ return and urged for calm.

‘’This is Lagos, the State House of Assembly. We’re shocked to see what’s happening here today. We 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. We won’t take laws into our hands, but we belong to different constituencies and we have our mandates.

Whatever is going to happen, the leadership should speak with us and not this charade we’re witnessing. We are humiliated by this action. I was stopped at the gate from entering the assembly chamber. This is an embarrassment, and it must stop.

We are not against the leadership’s decisions, but they should call us and tell us instead of hearing rumours. They’re our leaders, we’ll still stand and obey their decisions.

We reject Obasa in totality,” he declared

The lawmakers also chorused, “We reject Obasa in totality.”