{"id":153774,"date":"2025-03-03T22:35:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/obasa-storms-lagos-assembly-joins-lawmakers-meeting-outside-chamber-with-meranda"},"modified":"2025-03-10T00:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T23:46:55","slug":"obasa-storms-lagos-assembly-joins-lawmakers-meeting-outside-chamber-with-meranda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/obasa-storms-lagos-assembly-joins-lawmakers-meeting-outside-chamber-with-meranda","title":{"rendered":"Obasa storms Lagos assembly, joins lawmakers\u2019 meeting outside chamber with Meranda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Embattled ousted Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday stormed the state House of Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Obasa joined some lawmakers in a meeting held outside the chamber of the Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Mojisola Meranda, incumbent Speaker of the assembly, attended the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting subsequently broke into two groups of at least 10 lawmakers each.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that crisis started when lawmakers impeached Obasa while he was away in the United States, US, in January.<\/p>\n<p>Upon his return, Obasa described his removal as unconstitutional because it never followed due process.<\/p>\n<p>However, Obasa stormed the assembly last week and forcefully broke into the office the Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>He also presided over plenary while declaring that he was never removed as Speaker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Embattled ousted Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday stormed the state House of Assembly. Obasa joined some lawmakers in a meeting held outside the chamber of the Assembly. Mojisola Meranda, incumbent Speaker of the assembly, attended the meeting. 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