Lagos APC elders wade into Assembly crisis - The Nation Nigeria

The party leaders were alarmed at the decision of the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, to wield the big stick against four legislators without prior consultation with the party leadership

Lagos State All Progressives Congress Governors’ Advisory Council is wading into the crisis rocking the House of Assembly, it was learnt on Sunday.

Oshun, who was not allowed entry into the House, has reported the matter to some leaders in Lagos Central. Jimoh was said to have reported his ordeal to the Interior Minister, Chief Rauf Aregbesola.Osinnowo, on hearing the news, was said to be perplexed, and he vowed to fight back, the source said. According to Olusi, the timing was bad, as it coincided with a period of storm and stress at the national level when some party stalwarts were plotting the removal of the national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshionhole, in bad faith.

Also, when the elder statesman contacted the party chairman, Balogun, he reported to him that Obasa met with the governor, deputy governor and himself at the Government House, Alausa, Ikeja, after firing his colleagues. It was reliably gathered that the removal and suspension of the lawmakers was orchestrated by the Speaker in an attempt to politically consolidate himself. He is said to be nursing a senatorial ambition in 2023 in the Lagos West District.

The purchase of vehicles for N2.4b for the 40 lawmakers in the spate of 11 months at allegedly inflated prices was said to have unsettled the Speaker. The four lawmakers have alleged that the purchase of the vehicles was said to be characterized by secrecy and lack due process. The action infuriated many lawmakers and top management staff of the Assembly, who described it as an act of betrayal.

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