Obasa To Withdraw Lawsuit, Meranda To Step Down

A panel set up by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to find a solution to the issue shaking the Lagos State House of Assembly is ready to present its report.
Naija News adds that the panel, chaired by Bisi Akande, features Olusegun Osoba and former Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, alongside others as members.

The group which has been meeting since last Sunday has purportedly drawn up a list of seven members to replace the Assembly Speaker, Mojisola Meranda and take the Speakership seat back to Lagos West.

A top source in the Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) who was privy to the meeting but did not want to be named confirmed to The PRESS on Monday that Meranda and beleaguered impeached Lagos State Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa would be asked to leave the position.

He further claimed that part of the resolutions being considered was for Obasa to withdraw the litigation against the assembly and Meranda in court.

Obasa, who has since criticized his dismissal, has brought the Assembly and Meranda before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, arguing that the lawmakers were improper to have dismissed him when the Assembly was in recess.

The insider, therefore, indicated that since political solutions were being investigated, it was probable that Obasa would withdraw the complaint.

He remarked, “Meranda will step down, and Obasa will also step down. They will now pick someone else from Lagos West. Lagos West is the largest senatorial zone in Lagos. The politicians seem to have agreed, otherwise, there won’t be peace. Part of the deal is that the case the man (Obasa) took to court, he will withdraw it as well.

“Whatever there is a legal solution for, there is also a political solution, so there will be compromises here and there.”

The source continued, “Those who don’t want Obasa feel that they have won the battle anyway, and the man will never be their speaker again. So there is nothing they are fighting for again.

“Meranda, whom they put there, is just a child of circumstance. And since things have changed – the woman herself is not a power monger, she didn’t claim she needs to be there forever. It is hoped that in the next one week, the agreement would be reached.”