Members of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Wednesday, denied holding any reconciliatory meeting with the speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa.
Obasa was reinstated Monday after Mojisola Meranda tendered her resignation as speaker, weeks after serious tension engulfed the state assembly.
However, after Obasa was reinstated on Monday to honour the wishes of the party leaders, it was reported that he had a reconciliatory meeting with his colleagues, Tuesday.
Some of the lawmakers that attended the meeting denied that it was a reconciliatory meeting.
According to some who spoke with journalists on the outcome of the meeting, the agenda at the short meeting had nothing to do with reconciliation.
“First, one of the issues we raised as a reason for his removal happened again. A meeting scheduled for 1pm did not hold until 2.30pm. We were all kept waiting and when he arrived, there was no apology for the late commencement of the meeting.”
Another member of the House confirmed that a meeting actually held but added that “it was to inundate us about the case brought against us by the suspended Clerk of the House Olalekan Onafeko.
“The matter comes up on Thursday. Ordinarily, it is a civil matter, so we were concerned that he had to involve the Department of State Services (DSS) which further led to the invitation and arrest of some of our colleagues.
“Aside these, nothing else happened. The meeting lasted just a few minutes and we all left.
“I want you to know that his return was not a decision by us. It was done simply because we respect leaders like Baba Bisi Akande and Aremo Olusegun Osoba. In our hearts and souls, we do not want him up till this moment,” one of the lawmakers said.