The Lagos State House of Assembly has said it will investigate former Speaker Mudashiru Obasa over allegations of fraud and financial misappropriation.
Olukayode Ogundipe, spokesperson of the House made the disclosure while speaking with The Punch.
According to him, the probe will commence once Obasa resumes his duties at the Assembly.
Ogundipe said, “On the other allegations against him, when he is on the ground physically, those ones will be taken care of.
“There are other things we’ve also been hearing about different amounts of money being spent by him. We felt we didn’t know how they got the record of those, but the ones we have, when he’s seated with us, actions will be taken.”
On whether the Assembly would submit a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe the ex-Speaker, the Assembly spokesperson, said, “That will be expatiated when he’s on the ground, probably a committee will be set up to look into it or probably it will also be looked at by the leadership of the House.
“Those formalities as per procedures will be followed to the letter. So I’m sure you should expect the House to react to that when the time comes.”
Obasa was impeached on January 13 by more than two-thirds of the 40-member legislative house over alleged misconduct and financial offences.
However, Obasa has denied these allegations, claiming his removal was unprocedural and that he remains the authentic Speaker.
The Assembly’s spokesperson, Ogundipe, has maintained that Obasa’s removal was lawful and followed constitutional procedures.
He stated that the House is expecting Obasa to resume his duties, at which point they will determine the next course of action, including a possible probe.
Ogundipe said, “I want to say that the former Speaker, Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa is still one of us and will continue to remain one of us and the process of his removal was constitutional.
“As I said, the constitution is very clear about the process of bringing him in in case we want to change the guard, that is the same procedure we also used to remove him. The process was duly followed, and the members, we know what we saw, and we intended to change guard and that’s exactly what we did.”
