Congress (APC) has said there is no impeachment against Governor
Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State.
Tinubu made the declaration after a peace meeting brokered by the APC
leadership in the State to end the rift between the Governor and
lawmakers which was held at Lagos House, Marina. The APC chieftain told
newsmen that there is no longer a question of impeachment of the Lagos
State Governor.
He said it was gratifying to note that the conflict between the
Governor and the members of the State Assembly had been amicably
settled. Tinubu, who spoke on behalf of all the APC leaders in the
State, said the executive and the legislative arms of government in the
State had resolved to work together in the interest of the State.
He said: “We held a meeting on behalf of Lagos, the entire Lagosians,
our party – APC leadership. In the last one week, there has been noise
about the conflict between the executive and the State Assembly. It is
of great concern to all of us and particularly what Lagos represents
across the country.“We have been able to look into the source of various conflicts which
is not uncommon in politics; what is the genesis of those problems? We
are one big family and as a big family, you will have some rumples, you
will have some disagreement. As leaders of the party, we have looked
into that; we have looked into areas where we have to compromise,
discuss and build the institutions, encourage the institutions to really
do what is right.“We have resolved there is no question of impeachment in Lagos State.
Let the two arms of government communicate and continue to respect one
another and build consensus and understanding. That is all about
politics. Conflict and conflict resolution mechanism is inbuilt in any
political system unless leaders are lacking in their responsibilities.”
Tinubu thanked the Governor, his deputy, Dr Idiat Adebule and the
leadership of the House for agreeing to the peaceful resolution of the
conflict, saying it was evident that consequences of allowing such
conflict to fester would have been dire not just for the State, but the
entire country.
“We thank the Speaker and the entire members of the House of Assembly
leadership. We thank the Governor and the Deputy Governor who had
demonstrated firm respect for the party leadership in Lagos State.“You know when Lagos sneezes, the rest of the political equation
catches cold and we are very happy that we are able to resolve amicably.
The Deputy Speaker is also here and all of them put together, we are
assured that things will start to run smoothly in Lagos both the House
and the government,” he said.
Also speaking, a party chieftain, Prince Tajudeen Olusi corroborated
Tinubu’s position, and expressed optimism that the House would soon meet
to resolve other grey areas.
“The National Leader (Tinubu) has spoken and mine is just to confirm
the decision. Conflict resolution is an essential ingredient of
management. We have looked into the problem and the party has directed
the two arms of government – the executive and the legislature to work
together and very soon, the House will meet and resolve all grey areas,”
Olusi said.
The meeting was attended by both the executive and legislative arms
represented by Governor Ambode, Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule;
Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa; Deputy
Speaker, Wasiu Eshinlokun; Majority Leader, Sinai Agunbiade; Chief
Whip, Rotimi Abiru, among other principal officers of the Assembly.
Others in attendance were all the members of the Governors’ Advisory
Council (GAC), the highest decision making organ of the party in the
State; Governorship candidate of the party in the State, Mr Babajide
Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Femi Hamzat, among others.
