Lagos assembly lifts suspension of 4 lawmakers

The Lagos state House of Assembly on Thursday reinstated four of its members earlier suspended indefinitely for alleged misconduct and insubordination.

The Speaker, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, made the announcement during the plenary in Lagos.

The House had on March 9, passed a resolution sacking two of its principal officers and suspending two members indefinitely for alleged misconduct, insubordination and action that could destabilise the House.

The speaker announced the punitive measures following the voice votes by members present during plenary.

He said the principal officers that were removed include the Chief Whip, Mr. Rotimi Abiru and Deputy Majority Leader, Mr. Olumuyiwa Jimoh, while the legislators suspended were Mr. Moshood Oshun (Lagos Mainland Constituency II) and Mr. Kazeem Raheem Adewale (Ibeji Lekki Constituency II).

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Subsequently, the offices of the four lawmakers in the House were locked by the speaker on March 10.

Obasa said on Thursday during plenary that the House decided to lift thei suspension order following the intervention by the governor’s advisory council and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

“The governor’s advisory council and the National Leader of our party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, have intervened in the crisis and directed that the House should reinstate the suspended lawmakers.

“The affected lawmakers are Mr. Olumuyiwa Jimoh, who was the former deputy majority leader, Mr. Rotimi Abiru, the chief whip, Mr. Moshood Oshun and Mr. Raheem Adewale,” he said.

The speaker said that the House still remains one big family as it has resolved the crisis between him and the aggrieved lawmakers through party mechanism.

However, the two impeached principal officers were not reinstated to their positions, just as the affected lawmakers have been re-assigned to other standing committees.