Our reporter/ The lawmaker, who represents Agege Constituency I, Mudashiru Obasa, has been re-elected as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
The development followed weeks of leadership crisis that engulfed the state law making body.
Obasa was re-elected on Monday after the resignation of Mojisola Meranda who stepped down as the Speaker of the House.
His re-election followed the nomination by a former Majority Leader of the House, Noheem Adams, who represents Eti-Osa Constituency 1.
Obasa subsequently took the oath of office as the new Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly seven weeks after his removal.
He was first elected into the House in 2007. He has been in the chamber since then. He emerged as a speaker in June 2015 before his removal in January 2025.
The leadership crisis in the Assembly became full-blown on January 13, 2025, when a lawmaker, who represents Agege Constituency I, Mudashiru Obasa was removed as Lagos speaker by more than two-thirds of the 40-member house who voted him out over alleged misconduct and sundry offenses.
Obasa’s then deputy, Meranda, was immediately elected the new Speaker, becoming the first female to take charge of the legislative body in the South-West state.
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