Obasa Returns to Lagos, Says "My Impeachment Didn’t Follow Due Process"

Samuel Oladimeji 

…Denies Allegations Of Multibillion Naira Fraud 

Obasa

The embattled former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa today publicly spoke for the first time on his removal, saying the process failed to follow constitutional procedure.

Obasa, who returned to Lagos today to the cheering of his supporters, said it was important for the lawmakers to “follow constitutional procedure” to remove him as speaker.

Reacting to allegations of multibillion naira corruption levelled against him as part of the reasons for his removal, Obasa described the alleged financial misappropriations as “impossible.”

“I am not disturbed, I am not afraid,” Obasa said of the “Developments that happened at the assembly.”

Obasa spoke to a huge crowd of supporters at the Speaker’s Lodge, 47, GRA Ikeja Lagos.

Following Obasa’s removal while he was away in the United States of America, Mojisola Lasbat Meranda from Apapa 01 Constituency was sworn-in as the new Speaker. Meranda was the deputy speaker to Obasa.

Meranda had since secured the acceptance of the Lagos State Governance Advisory Council (GAC), a powerful group within the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Lagos Monitoring Team

LASTMA GM Returns N52,000 Illegally Collected From Motorist In Lagos | AgegePulse Magazine

General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Olajide Oduyoye, has returned N52,000 which was illegally collected from a motorist in Lagos by one police officer.

This was revealed in a statement quoted by the LASTMA Boss, "On Monday, I investigated a case of extortion involving a lady whose vehicle was arrested wrongfully when the police squad attached to the LASTMA Enforcement Unit went to enforce the law on one-way driving without LASTMA personnel. 

"While making arrests, this innocent motorist was also picked up and her vehicle brought to the headquarters. The vehicle was not booked for any offence. They negotiated from N150,000 and ended up fining her N52,000 using a POS for payment. 

"She then called the LASTMA  contact number and the incident was brought to my notice. I insisted on investigating the issue, identified the officer involved and the money was retrieved.

"We called the lady to return to LASTMA Headquarters to collect her money. She came with her mum and they were extremely grateful. We will be sending a report to the Police formation for them to start the process of reprimanding the officer involved.

"We will not tolerate any negative attitude from our officers or those attached to any of our enforcement units. We continue to encourage road users to send reports of any errant officer via any of our complaint channels." Engr. Oduyoye Concluded.