The crisis of leadership rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly might be resolved soon as the intervention of heavyweights in the All Progressives Congress (APC) may be leading to a headway.
Mudashiru Obasa, the impeached Speaker, and the current Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, might be stepping aside for another lawmaker to lead the House.
The development follows the intervention of the APC bigwigs, notably former governors of Osun, Ogun and Lagos states, namely Chief Bisi Akande, Segun Osoba, and Akinwunmi Ambode, respectively, among others.
The high-powered APC delegation was directed by President Bola Tinubu to resolve the political tension at the Lagos Assembly, following the inability of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) to find a solution.
On Sunday, Osoba, Ambode, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and all the GAC members met at the Governor’s Lodge in Marina over the crisis, to find a lasting solution.
Feelers coming from the parley indicate that that one of the seven lawmakers from Lagos West senatorial zone was being considered by the party leaders as the new Speaker.
A top source in the Lagos APC, on who is being considered as the new Speaker, said: “David Setonji from Badagry is being considered among them. He is the one who is not like a first-timer among those in the West.”
Mudashiru Obasa, the impeached Speaker may be asked to withdraw the suit he filed in court to challenge Meranda’s speakership.