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The Lagos State Government and the ruling political party have firmly distanced themselves from the sudden impeachment of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, maintaining that the removal was strictly an internal legislative affair handled in accordance with the constitutional separation of powers. Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to sack Obasa during a plenary session following multiple allegations of misconduct, abuse of office, and financial misappropriation, which included previous controversies surrounding heavy expenditures and speculations regarding his potential ambition to run for the state governorship. Following the resolution, the House also indefinitely suspended the legislative clerk, dissolved all standing committees and principal positions, and swiftly swore in the former Deputy Speaker as the new and first female head of the assembly, alongside a newly elected deputy speaker. While opposition parties have voiced varying perspectives on the political undertones of the crisis—pointing to alleged power dynamics and rivalries—former colleagues and ruling party officials have insisted that the decision was driven entirely by the lawmakers themselves to correct administrative shortcomings within the house.