President Bola Tinubu has resolved the leadership crisis in the Lagos State House of Assembly, backing the return of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker, despite an earlier recommendation for his resignation.

The resolution came after a meeting between Tinubu and all 40 lawmakers at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Wednesday.

The President’s decision contradicts the recommendations of a panel he had set up to mediate the crisis.

The panel, led by former Osun State Governor, Chief Bisi Akande, and former Ogun State Governor, Chief Gbenga Daniel, along with the leadership of the Governance Advisory Council, had advised that Obasa should step down after being reinstated.


The PUNCH reports that the panel initially recommended that Mojisola Meranda resign as Speaker to allow for Obasa’s return, with the understanding that he would also resign shortly after, making way for a new Speaker from Lagos West to balance the state’s political structure.

On March 3, 2025, 49 days after Obasa’s impeachment, Meranda resigned and was re-elected as Deputy Speaker.

Obasa was then reinstated as Speaker in line with the agreement.

However, contrary to the deal, Obasa adjourned the Assembly indefinitely and refused to resign as expected.

Obasa had been removed on January 13, 2025, by 35 lawmakers, who accused him of high-handedness, financial misappropriation, and authoritarian leadership.

Meranda replaced him but later resigned under pressure from party leaders.

On Wednesday, The PUNCH observed that the lawmakers arrived at the Presidential Villa in Abuja in a Coaster bus around 2 pm, after which security officials ushered them into the President’s office complex.

Meranda arrived with her colleagues, while Obasa arrived separately at about 3 pm.


The meeting held behind closed doors. A Presidency official, who spoke anonymously for lack of authourisation, said Tinubu had brokered peace among the warring factions, asking members to work with Obasa to ensure stability in the Assembly and the state.

“Tinubu met the lawmakers behind closed-doors. They spoke on their grievances and the President has resolved the problems.

“With the development, Obasa will stay as Speaker. His position is no longer threatened. All the lawmakers have agreed to work with him.

“They all had a photo session with the President after the meeting. It went well,” the source said.

While some Lagos stakeholders are displeased that the original agreement was not upheld, the source assured that the President would engage all aggrieved parties to maintain unity.

“Some stakeholders are naturally displeased Obasa reneged on the agreement with the Akande panel. I’m sure the President would engage everyone to settle the matter,” the source added.

Another source close to Obasa revealed that Tinubu also directed the Speaker to withdraw his lawsuit challenging his impeachment at the Lagos State High Court.

“The President told the lawmakers to allow Obasa to work, and Obasa should also withdraw the case against Meranda and the lawmakers in court. The lawmakers have agreed to this,” the source said.

On Tuesday, Obasa’s lawyer, Chief Fashanu Afolabi (SAN), had told The PUNCH that the Speaker did not withdraw his suit despite his reinstatement as Speaker.

He said the allegations Obasa by the lawmakers were heavy and needed to be trashed.

“Because there are some issues that are still pending within the context of notice of allegation. The case of allegation contains reasons for the impeachment which include highhandedness, fraudulent malpractices and the rest and we feel that those issues must be trashed out,” he told The PUNCH in a telephone interview on Tuesday.

Justice Yetunde Pinheiro of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja had on Monday adjourned the hearing of a suit filed by Obasa to March 17, 2025.

Source: https://punchng.com/Tinubu-overrules-Akande-panel-backs-Obasa-to-remain-Lagos-Speaker

Conquered people! Even GAC only has the illusion of power. They're not in charge. How can an entire tribe be perpetually beholden to just one man? A man with questionable character for that matter, who's only concern is his own personal interest.

Omo! Never knew obasa was this strong…

So what's the point of setting a up a panel to mediate when the recommendations of the panel will still be subjected to Tinubu's whims

The Agbadorian cowards/backstabbers/betrayers all over nairaland went from “Obasa is gone, he should accept his fate” to “He was reinstated so he can resign properly”. They’re the same cowards cheering what is happening in Rivers. They want to see Rivers burn if their leader can’t have it.

Agbadorians. Tueh!

Maxymilliano:
So what's the point of setting a up a panel to mediate when the recommendations of the panel will still be subjected to Tinubu's whims

That one was just to give semblance of a democrat.They played a fast one on the assembly members, the so-called GAC and Sanwolu.

givedemwotowoto:
The Agbadorian cowards/backstabbers/betrayers all over nairaland went from “Obasa is gone, he should accept his fate” to “He was reinstated so he can resign properly”. They’re the same cowards cheering what is happening in Rivers. They want to see Rivers burn if their leader can’t have it.

Agbadorians. Tueh!

Those guys are bloody hypocrites!!! Very shameless people. I remember their hypocritical comments during GEJ's time pretending to be fighting for national interests while it was all for their selfish tribalism.

Hmm...

This is what some people want to happen in Rivers State, for the political structures to be subject to the wimps and caprices of one man. For everyone to become 'yes men'.

Fear Tinubu... His type of politics is one of a kind. The man is a a master bully.

All Agbadorians will go to hell for supporting Obasa and criticizing Fubara.

The panel and the panelist was disgraced eventually... shameful system

Aaarh, it is well o. Godfatherism is not a good thing at all.

The people can not express their will, at any given instance.

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Obasa, person wey dey bear 'oba' & 'sir' e no easy

AMINDA:
Conquered people! Even GAC only has the illusion of power. They're not in charge. How can an entire tribe be perpetually beholden to just one man? A man with questionable character for that matter, who's only concern is his own personal interest.

Your likes can be very funn, at least the one man is in position of power & authority

no be this same country a tribe is beholden by one ordinary man in prison and another dictating sit at home all over the region.

Are those ones with answerable character or what progress have they brought to there people

Yet...those "conquered" people have made you slaves in your own country.

They also refused to grant you Biafrans, independence.

Made you start pretending to be Hausa, what other definition of conquered slave fits you better? Oya use Google Translate

AMINDA:
Conquered people! Even GAC only has the illusion of power. They're not in charge. How can an entire tribe be perpetually beholden to just one man? A man with questionable character for that matter, who's only concern is his own personal interest.

AMINDA:
Conquered people! Even GAC only has the illusion of power. They're not in charge. How can an entire tribe be perpetually beholden to just one man? A man with questionable character for that matter, who's only concern is his own personal interest.

Lol... like this man wey say make the entire SE dey live inside hole every Monday despite being in the gallows of prison himself?

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Lol... Una go dey throw stone, against pezin wey carry ICBM and RPGs, yet na nylon house una dey live.

AMINDA:
Conquered people! Even GAC only has the illusion of power. They're not in charge. How can an entire tribe be perpetually beholden to just one man? A man with questionable character for that matter, who's only concern is his own personal interest.

Sadeast with 5 plots of land that was controlled by many men, is that why one man controlled the entire plot of ur land from Finland and every one obeyed?
Is that why you guys from that place hide under the bed every Mondays?
Sad east that was controlled by many men were so peaceful than southwest were one man controlled. Reason Una they follow nite bus come Una small London( Lagos) every nite.
Mtshwww

This is the nonsense they want to do in rivers state
Arse licking?

we no dey lick person nyansh for PH oo.

DMCY:
Omo! Never knew obasa was this strong…

The issue must be more than what we are seeing

If not...

ojex004:



Sadeast with 5 plots of land that was controlled by many man, is that why one man controlled the entire plot of ur land from Finland? Is that why you guys from that place hide under the bed every Mondays?

Boring!

But very soon sharia will be implemented in your state and all of una go run go Lagos.

Your fulani masters are warning up

Well, I feel really sorry for Meranda. This doesn't look like how politics should be, but if you consider that it's not perfect anywhere, not even in America. Moreover, for all these, Lagos remains the cornerstone of the country.

Despite these seemingly inactions, Lagos leads the country miles and shoulder ahead. Well, let them continue their ways as long as Lagos keeps the torchlight on.

tollyboy5:

This is totally rubbish. And has nothing to do with cornerstone.
This is undermining the people's progress for selfish interest. How do we got here?
When you become slave to money this is the end result.

First of all, what state did you emanate from? Or if not Nigeria, what country in Africa did you evolve from? If it's Egypt or SA, then you're free to grunt your grunt. Oya, talk first your state, before I know the kain response you deserve.

Meanwhile, I want you to know first that they are some dolts and intelligence-bereft fellows here whose states are evident of how low any society on earth can be and governance unfit their leaders are... please, let me know your state of origin first. I'm begging you.

Those people I talk about, their leaders would be slaves and followers in a barn or even pigsty if life's fair, yet their kins go all out to insult Lagos after trooping assiduously to achieve their goals of living in Lagos they berate.

Please make sure you're not one of them. Or just tell me you're from America, make I jejely agree say you get sense.

Eagleways:
Oga, sometimes it is wise to just take the shame and move on. All these things you wrote make you more stupid. Learn to accept defeat and quit displaying foolishness.

Very weak and stupid come back

If they pack all the foolish people in the world and put them in a country, obviously you'll be the president of that country. Make sure not to born because it's crime against humanity passing this kind of foolish gene on forward to your children. Mumu. Okpeke Wan dey feel funky. Ewu, he say make I accept defeat, be like you no know meaning of defeat — defeat is when you lead millions of people to die and run to neighbouring African countries for succour and beg several years later to enter the country.

If we check now, na one state wey development never reach in years the mumu been come from, wan con dey support debasement of Lagos wey hin kins dey rush to.

KomonSense:
Oga leave yeye English wey you uno even sabi speak... All South.West and Agbadorians are in one man's bag. You lots are shameless, distasteful , hypocrites and cowards that deserve to eat sands all the days of your life may you never pass this ugly attitude to your generation unborn. Tueh

You and that your brother up there would be president and vice president in a country full of foolish people. See how your moniker is totally ironical with your existence. The werey say we dey one man's bag, yet in history, his tribal hero, Ojukwu, led millions of them to death. Of late, another, Ekpa, who told them and their elders to camp indoors on Mondays but hid in Finland got arrested and thrown in jail. Another, Kanu, told them to lick his feet.

Calling out your useless gross leaders that make your lands ungovernable such that you have to run to Lagos always if you must achieve anything in life, yet you litany of dolts have the guts to debase the same Lagos, is now hypocritical and distateful?

Dumbo, the werey sound completely unaware of meaning of the words he wrote sef. If they ask you to relate the bullocks to your argument now, you go begin dey convulse. Anuofia.

Shame on Lagos State Assembly.

This is what you get when you get to position by slot and not by the people's original will.

ZombieDredd:

Boring!

But very soon sharia will be implemented in your state and all of una go run go Lagos.

Your fulani masters are warning up

Gibberish,
you are free to say what makes u feel okay. Hain

haybhi1:
Well, I feel really sorry for Meranda. This doesn't look like how politics should be, but if you consider that it's not perfect anywhere, not even in America. Moreover, for all these, Lagos remains the cornerstone of the country.

Despite these seemingly inactions, Lagos leads the country miles and shoulder ahead. Well, let them continue their ways as long as Lagos keeps the torchlight on.

This is totally rubbish. And has nothing to do with cornerstone.
This is undermining the people's progress for selfish interest. How do we got here?
When you become slave to money this is the end result.

That was bad

That's the definition of a leader.

FOUCK TINUBU ON THIS. This is dictatorship.

Change is the only thing constant in life. The Tinubu dynasty in Lagos will eventually fall.

AMINDA:
Conquered people! Even GAC only has the illusion of power. They're not in charge. How can an entire tribe be perpetually beholden to just one man? A man with questionable character for that matter, whose only concern is his own personal interest.

The conquered people are those whose three million brethren were used for pepper soup and surya when they stood up to their bosses. The conquered people are the people who have been made third class citizens in their father’s land.

The conquered are those whose generational inherited professions are drugs trafficking, human trafficking, fake drugs manufacturing, baby factory merchandise and armed robbery.

DMCY:
Omo! Never knew obasa was this strong…

Very strong in the Agege, Iju, Ogba, Ojodu, e.t.c axis

It's obvious now that Tinubu believes the coup in the assembly was masterminded by SanwoOlu

That's the only reason he will insist on Obasa remaining speaker to show who really holds the lever of power and I hope Sanwo does not collect in the coming months

The biggest loser is the House itself

While the hypocrite claims to be fighting for LG autonomy, the real autonomy of the state legislature is something he is working seriously against

Shame

And all those dummies above quoting AMINDA with insults against the East

Aminda is from the north. You guys are so obsessed with Igbo you don't even see what's happening to you all around