A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Fouad Oki, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu made “efforts” to mediate the leadership crisis in the Lagos State House of Assembly during the Christmas holiday.
Lagos State lawmakers on Monday impeached Speaker Mudashiru Obasa over multiple allegations including misconduct, abuse and financial misappropriation.
He was replaced by his former deputy, Mojisola Meranda.
Reacting to the development on Monday, Oki disclosed that Tinubu attempted to intervene in the crisis within the assembly, but Obasa’s unyielding stance led to his eventual removal.
Oki, while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said the party’s Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) called Tinubu’s attention to the matter during the Christmas holiday when the president was in Lagos.
“Before the president came home, this issue had been lingering. In the wisdom of members of the GAC, the president’s attention was called,” Oki explained.
“The president, as father and leader, called a meeting wherein he tried to make sense of the observations raised by elders of the party. Unfortunately, the president saw by himself a recalcitrant Obasa. I think that is what broke the camel’s back,” he added.
Oki described Obasa’s impeachment as foreseeable, accusing him of acting like an “emperor” and adding that events over the past three months had signalled the end of his tenure.
He emphasised that the decision to impeach Obasa was not taken lightly, noting that it was a culmination of unresolved tensions and Obasa’s failure to heed party elders’ advice.
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