Following the crisis that rocked the Lagos State House of Assembly, President Bola Tinubu met with the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa and other aggrieved lawmakers behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday.
At the end of the meeting. the President insisted that Obasa should remain the Speaker with a warning that he should carry his colleagues along, according to reports by Vanguard.
It was further gathered that the President directed Obasa to withdraw the court case.
After the peace parley, Obasa declined to talk to State House correspondents who had waited to get the outcome of the parley which was held behind closed doors.
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.
However, a member of the Assembly, who spoke in confidence, told Vanguard that the meeting was more of a peace parley adding that it was agreed that Obasa would remain as Speaker.
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.”
