Enough Is Enough! CUPP Chides Lagos Assembly For Meddling In Alimosho’s Matter …Says Obasa Led House Acting Against Unequivocal Judgment Of Supreme Court

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has described the purported suspension slammed on the chairman of Alimosho Local Government, Hon Jelili Sulaimon as legislative rascality.

Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, national spokesperson of the CUPP, Comrade Mark Adebayo said it is a joke taken too far.

He, however, chided the Lagos Assembly for having the temerity to defend such brazen illegality.

Comrade Mark says the abberation by the Obasa led House must have been sanctioned by President Bola Tinubu to further weakening the local governments.

This, he said because Obasa is a close ally of the President and will not do anything without his imprimatuar.

He said; “For instance, what is currently playing out in Lagos state, which is the homestate of the president, on local government administration is extremely worrisome.

“There is a serious attempt to subjugate the local governments under the authority of the state assembly in Lagos state to the extent that, judging by the current shenanigans of constitutional amendments to local government administration in Lagos state currently being undertaken by the Lagos state House of Assembly, the control of markets is to be taken away from local governments and put under the purview of Lagos state House of Assembly. How ridiculous! How could a legislative arm want to take over the executive responsibilities of a local government that has elected executive councils complete with its own legislative arm?

“It is a known fact that the current Speaker of the Lagos state Assembly is a close ally of President Bola Tinubu and it is clear that he couldn’t be orchestrating such constitutional aberration without the direct prompting his boss in Abuja. Therefore, it can safely be said that the president is trying to undermine local government councils through his proxies. If what is playing out in Lagos state, against the unequivocal judgment of the Supreme Court on local government autonomy, is allowed to stand, it may spread to other states and further render local governments prostrate and ineffective.

“Authorities in Lagos have over the years allowed LAHA to cross the line of “decency” and this has given rise to a legislature that is usurping the powers of Governor and the LGs . Is Lagos House of Assembly bigger than the people who elected LG Chairmen or their councils who have the legal powers to remove an erring Chairman? This is utter nonsense, arbitrariness, ignorance, hypocrisy, arrogance, incompetence, recklessness and lawlessness!

“How can a House of Assembly be purporting to do this and defending it? They have been getting away with this nonsense in the past but enough is enough! Even the issue of market control which led to the purported suspension of the Alimosho LG chairman is squarely on the residual list reserved for LG’s legislative arm. What is the business of a state assembly dabbling into that? Moreover, anything that has to do with crimes and insecurity is the responsibility of the police and the Governor who is the chief executive of the State.”