Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have impeached the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa bringing to a possible end the power rival between the former Speaker and Governor Babatunde Sanwo-Olu.
MJConcept TV News reports that Obasa was accused of multiple statutory and financial infractions but the details were not immediately available.
Obasa was impeached early on Monday morning amid a security cordon and subsequently replaced by his Deputy Mojisola Meranda who has now become the first female Speaker of the House.
Mrs. Meranda, who represents Apapa Constituency 1, was also a former Chief Whip of the House.
Mojeed Fatai is now the Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.