TINUBU TO OBASA: “Withdraw Your Court Case Or Be Gone If Any Issue Arises”
The Genius Media Nigeria reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has warned the speaker of Lagos state, Mudashiru Obasa to carry his colleagues in the Lagos house of assembly along or he will be gone if any complaints about one-man show arise again.
This was disclosed by a lawmaker who chose to remain anonymous after the peace meeting between President Tinubu, Obasa and members of the house that took place yesterday in Abuja.
The lawmaker said: “Obasa is staying and we have no choice but to obey the President. The meeting was more of a family meeting.”
When asked whether the president reprimanded the anti-Obasa lawmakers for earlier impeaching Obasa, the source said: “No, it was more of a family matter. Mr President condemned his (Obasa’s) actions not to parley with us. He, however, said that since we did not carry him (Tinubu) along, and it was only Obasa that came to report the matter to him, he had no choice but to support him (Obasa).
“He also warned him (Obasa) that if there were any future complaints from any quarters, he would be gone. The President said he should let peace reign; and so based on that, we have accepted.”
On the pending matter in court, the source said: “The President has instructed him to withdraw it.”
Mr Obasa had arrived at about 2:50 pm and was led separately to the President’s office, while his colleagues arrived earlier in two coaster buses that were driven through the forecourt route for the meeting.
Although the agenda was not made public to journalists at the time of filing this report, sources hinted that the meeting was in connection with the recent leadership crisis in the State House of Assembly.
Emerging from Tinubu’s office at about 4:30 pm, members of the delegation were heard chorusing the lyrics ‘On your mandate, we shall stand.’’
For about five minutes, the lawmakers sang ‘On your mandate, we shall stand,’ a popular political lyric
The song rented the air as they filed out towards the two coaster busses parked and waiting for their departure from the forecourt area of the Presidential Villa.
Meanwhile, Obasa, who emerged from the meeting alongside a member of the House of Representatives, Mr James Faleke, resisted proddings to speak to newsmen as he made his way out of the Presidential Villa.
When asked how the meeting went, Mr Faleke, who represents Ikeja Federal Constituency simply said, “It went well.”
An unconfirmed report had it that some members of the House apologized to Obasa over his impeachment.
Recall that Mr Obasa was impeached by some of his colleagues but was later reinstated on March 3, 2025, following the intervention of the political stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress and the Governing Advisory Council, GAC.
Despite the Speaker’s reinstatement, it was gathered that the bad blood as a result of his impeachment is yet to be over.
