The Special Assistant to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Digital Media Strategy, Ademola Olarenwaju, has claimed that Mudashiru Obasa was impeached as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly because he dared to nurse a political ambition.
Olanrewaju claimed the offence that led to Obasa’s removal from office was not financial mismanagement as widely claimed but rather a clash of political interests.
He also submitted that following his removal from the speakership position, Obasa would henceforth keep his mouth shut and accept his fate as an ordinary floor member in the Lagos State House of Assembly because the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a cult.
Atiku’s aide made the submission in a post via his X account on Monday, shortly after Obasa was impeached as the Speaker of the Lagos Assembly.
He wrote: “Speaker Obasa’s ‘crime’ wasn’t financial malfeasance which the echelons of APC are all complicit in, it was for daring to nurse and pursue a political ambition.
“Sadly, he will slink back into being a floor member and henceforth keep his mouth shut; because APC Lagos is a cult.”
Henzodaily earlier reported that members of the Lagos State House of Assembly impeached Obasa as Speaker on Monday.
He was immediately replaced by Mrs Mojisola Miranda as the new Speaker.
The political development follows some speculations that Obasa was nursing the ambition to become the next Lagos Governor in 2027.