Lagos Assembly: Obasa’s Four-Member Plenary, Show Of Shame — Meranda

Rt. Hon. Mojisola Meranda, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has described as a show of shame the purported plena­ry on Thursday presided by impeached speaker, Dr Mu­dashiru Ajayi Obasa.

While speaking with jour­nalists in the court premises in Ikeja on Friday, the Speak­er said based on the standing rules of the House, there is a number that forms quorum, describing the purported plenary as a farce.

She said; “I think to me, that was just a show of shame. Because in our job, we have numbers that form quorum,” she said.

“So if you are sitting with three or four members, you’re only doing a tear job,” she said.

On the former speaker’s appearance in court and the reported breaking into her office, Speaker Meran­da said Obasa has the right to still make an appearance in the complex as he is still part of the Lagos State House of Assembly, howev­er condemning the action of the former speaker in alleged breakage into her office.

“Well, I think he’s still a member of the House of Assemblies, so he has every right to come to the Assem­bly. But to both invasion and breaking into my office, that is really a very big one,” Mer­anda said.

Reacting on the court ap­pearance, the speaker said there was the need to allow the law to take its full course, explaining that Thursday’s hearing was the beginning of the matter.

“This is actually just the beginning. And I think we should allow the legal team to do their job.”

On the restoration of her security details as revealed by the state police command, Meranda said; “Well, I have, I think, three or four police­men. Whereas my normal convoy, my team, are twelve policemen, four DSS and two anti bomb. But as at this morning, I don’t have that,” she said.