The Chairman, Governance Advisory Council (GAC) in Lagos State, Tajudeen Olusi, stated hat the council was not consulted before members of the state assembly impeached embattled Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa.
Speaking with journalists during an interview at his residence on Friday, Mr Olusi, said that the lawmakers neither consulted the party nor the council.
He said that the council should not be dragged into the leadership crisis that saw the removal of Obasa and his replacement by the Deputy Speaker, Mojisola Meranda.
Mr Olusi stated, “Members of the GAC are not members of the Lagos State House of Assembly to allegedly be behind the removal of Obasa. It can’t be true. We also read it that morning.
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“The lawmakers carried it out without consulting the party and those of us in the GAC. That is our position. We invited all of them and insisted that all of them are products of the party.
“They lodged their complaints and we listened to them. I blamed them for one thing and that is for not lodging the complaints earlier before the party.
“It is for the party to decide, they (lawmakers) have no absolute power to remove and install their leaders. Nobody can become a member of the House of Assembly unless sponsored by a political party and the sponsors are the inspectors.’’
Recall that the leadership crisis took a new dimension on Thursday when the impeached speaker stormed the assembly and insisted that he was never removed.
Mr Obasa, who spoke with journalists shortly after he arrived at the assembly complex with some security agents, said that he had returned to the Assembly to take charge.
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