LAGOS lawmakers have impeached Mudasiru Obasa as Speaker.
News Point Nigeria reports that he was impeached on Monday during plenary.
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Obasa was accused of multiple statutory and financial infractions.
He was subsequently replaced by his deputy Mojisola Meranda.
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Mrs Meranda, who represents Apapa Constituency 1, was also a former chief whip of the house.
Mojeed Fatai is now the Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
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Obsaa has been engulfed in a series of controversial circumstances in terms of financial dealings.
The removal comes barely a month after Obasa was accused of allegedly spending N17 billion to fix a gate that leads to the assembly.
