Those Who Instigated My Removal As Lagos Speaker Are Jokers, Impeachment Null And Void, I Remain The Speaker—Obasa

<h4>Those Who Instigated My Removal As Lagos Speaker Are Jokers<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the impeached speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly&comma; Hon Mudashiru Obasa&comma; has declared that he remained the speaker of the House despite his removal by the lawmakers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Obasa was removed on January 13&comma; 2025&comma; by 32 out of the 40 lawmakers of the House&period; He was away in the United States of America when he was removed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Upon his return from vacation to Lagos for the first time after his removal&comma; the lawmaker representing Agege Constituency 1 was welcomed by members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress &lpar;APC&rpar; including LG ward Executives&comma; members and stakeholders in the Lagos politics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Addressing journalists during the reception&comma; the ousted Speaker said his removal was unconstitutional and remain so until the process was followed constitutionally&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He declared that he is not afraid to be removed and that due process must be followed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;28549" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-28549" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-28549" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;01&sol;Obasa-scaled-e1737803852427-300x209&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Those Who Instigated My Removal As Lagos Speaker Are Jokers" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"209" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-28549" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Obasa&comma; addressing supporters on Saturday in Lagos<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>He said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In the whole of Lagos State&comma; let any leader come out that I approached him or her that I wanted to be a governor&period; To impeach a speaker&comma; the Constitution must be followed&period; I’m not bothered but with that man who alleged that I took part in the removal of former Speaker <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;tribuneonlineng&period;com&sol;">Jokotade Pelumi<&sol;a>&comma; Deputy Speaker&comma; Funmi Tejuosho and suspended lawmakers&comma; due process was followed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Pelumi was on the floor when he was removed&period; Likewise&comma; Tejuosho and those that were suspended were in the House and there was no involvement of the police&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But in my case&comma; how can a multitude of Police officers led by the commissioner of police invade the House and another team evade my residence&comma; lock up my children outside the gate of the residence while my wife was inside&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was Speaker for 10 years&comma; if I’m no longer wanted&comma; from Allah we come and to him&comma; we shall return but you cannot impeach a speaker with a fake mace&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;