Obasa Returns as Lagos Assembly Speaker After Impeachment Drama and Court Victory

Obasa’s Fierce Comeback and the Tumult at Lagos Assembly

Mudashiru Obasa isn’t backing down—far from it. On February 27, 2025, he swept back into the Lagos State House of Assembly surrounded by heavily armed security officers, making a bold statement in the midst of a stormy leadership crisis. What’s made this political drama so intense? Obasa was impeached on January 13, with more than two-thirds of the Assembly’s 40 lawmakers voting him out on allegations of misconduct and abuse of office. Only, he never accepted it. He was out of the country during the move, claiming it was illegal, staged without proper notice, and that due procedure was ignored. “I’ve never been removed,” he insisted, challenging both the process and the legitimacy of his removal.

The Obasa saga has been messy from the start. After lawmakers pushed him out, they wasted no time backing Mojisola Meranda, who made history as Lagos State’s first female Speaker. Thirty-six members threw their weight behind her, passed a vote of confidence, then called it quits on sittings, adjourning the Assembly indefinitely—effectively putting the Assembly in a state of limbo. But the drama only deepened when Obasa marched back in, refusing to leave without a fight.

Power Struggles, Allegations, and a Reversal

Money has always been at the center of House politics, and this time was no different. Fingers pointed at Obasa over alleged financial mismanagement: N17 billion spent on a gate project and another N200 million for a thanksgiving party. These are eye-popping sums, and the accusations were enough to put serious pressure on the embattled Speaker. Obasa flatly denied any wrongdoing. In his typical blunt manner, he called the charges “baseless,” painting them as just one more weapon in an ongoing political feud.

The plot twisted yet again when Meranda, after just over a month leading the House, pulled a shock move—she resigned on March 3. With her exit, Obasa was quickly re-elected to his old seat, marking a rare political comeback for the controversial state leader. Still, there was plenty of uncertainty hanging in the air about whether his removal had actually followed the rules or was just a power grab dressed in legal robes.

The ultimate word came from the courtroom. On April 16, 2025, a Lagos State court slammed the brakes on the whole ouster, declaring the impeachment unconstitutional. The judge found that key legal steps had been skipped—validation for Obasa’s stubborn insistence that he never truly left.

For the time being, Obasa is back at the helm, and the Lagos Assembly crisis seems to have quieted on the surface. But with allegations still swirling and fault lines exposed, everyone’s watching to see if stability actually holds, or if another chapter is waiting to explode.