Sacked, Suspended Lagos Assembly Officers Denied Entry

Two principal officers sacked and another two suspended on Monday were denied entry into the Lagos Assembly complex on Tuesday.

The principal officers who were removed are Chief Whip, Hon. Rotimi Abiru and Deputy Majority Leader, Hon. Muyiwa Jimoh, while those suspended, are: Hon. Moshood Oshun (Lagos Mainland Constituency 2) and Hon. Kazeem Raheem Adewale (Ibeji Lekki Constituency 2).

The staff of the embattled Lagos National Assembly officers was also denied entry into the Assembly premises while their offices have been sealed up with a notice ‘Sealed’, boldly placed on the door to their offices.

Although Ekohotblog earlier reported that two principal officers have been elected to replace the sacked ones. Click HERE update

Taking the action at plenary on Monday, Speaker Mudashiru Obasa said: “I hereby invoke Section 68 and Section 70 4 (a, b) 2 and 3 of the House rules in respect of gross misconduct, insubordination, and action that can destabilize this House.”

Alleged Reason For Dismissal 

Sources within the Assembly, however, gave three different reasons for the unexpected happening at plenary on Monday.

One source had it that the lawmakers were being suspected of having released recently the documents to a national daily with which it did a story on car purchases in the Assembly, which was considered embarrassing to the leadership.

Another alleged the lawmakers were the arrowheads of a plan to impeach the speaker.

Another source hinted the lawmakers were being loyal to the former power broker in the House, who is now a Senator, Sikiru Osinowo, alias Pepper instead of loyalty to the Speaker.

One of the lawmakers affected said: “We don’t really know what our offense is, i think it is just power show.”