Ambode’s impeachment: Lagos Assembly holds closed-door meeting

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly are currently locked in an emergency meeting as the plans to impeach Governor Akinwunmi Ambode thickens.

The Assembly, which adjourned sitting till Monday suddenly summoned members for an emergency meeting on Wednesday, after a massive protest by pro-Ambode supporters appealing to the lawmakers not to impeach the governor.

The meeting is still ongoing as at 5:17pm.

Journalists were not allowed to cover the meeting as the lawmakers said the meeting was meant for them alone.

Anxious newsmen were seen hanging around the Assembly’s premises waiting for the outcome of the meeting.

Feelers had it that the meeting was called to deliberate on the impeachment of Governor Ambode, who the House had ordered to appear before them on Monday to defend the allegations levelled against him.

The lawmakers had accused Ambode of gross misconduct and spending money from the 2019 budget that had not yet been presented or approved by the House.

Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa told members who are in support of Ambode’s impeachment to start collecting signatures to impeach the governor.

Earlier today, hundreds of supporters of Ambode stormed the Assembly to protest the planned impeachment.

The protesters marched to the Assembly and caused traffic gridlock.

The protesters said the governor did not deserve the treatment he was getting from the party, saying they should leave the governor alone.

The State House of Assembly had moved to impeach Ambode over what they called gross misconduct and spending part of the 2019 budget that had not been presented to the Assembly for approval.

They gave the governor one week to appear before the House to explain the infractions levelled against him.