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Babatunde Bank-Anthony, a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to speak out about the leadership dispute in the state’s House of Assembly.

Bank-Anthony emphasized the necessity for the Lagos State governor to take action during her appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily program on Tuesday.

“I expect the governor as well to say something to this. He is the number one man in Lagos State. He cannot ignore what happened yesterday because that is the parliament that he reports to, that is the parliament that makes the law for the state he is governing,” Bank-Anthony said

“The governor should speak up about this issue to the right quarters,” he argued.

Hours after the leadership dispute in the Lagos State House of Assembly escalated, he made these remarks.

On Monday, a few security guards blocked the Assembly compound, making it impossible for MPs to enter the chambers.

Later on, nevertheless, they were able to enter the chambers where Speaker Mojisola Meranda presided over the plenary session in Lagos’ Alausa neighborhood.

Despite calls from observers for President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the leadership dispute that is ripping the Assembly apart, the Nigerian leader should exercise prudence, according to the APC chieftain.

According to Bank-Anthony, Tinubu should exercise caution while speaking about the problem to prevent coming out as biased because political hierarchies exist in government.

“26 years of democracy in Lagos, Nigeria right? Do you want to keep sucking your mothers breast at this age? Let us leave this man alone, he has a bigger headache,” the APC chieftain stated, emphasizing that Tinubu must concentrate on resolving urgent national concerns.

The Lagos Assembly’s crisis started when lawmakers ousted Mudashiru Obasa as speaker due to accusations of fraud. They chose Meranda to succeed the veteran lawmaker who serves the state’s Agege I Constituency.

Bank-Anthony has criticized Obasa’s decision to refuse his dismissal and is now contesting the ruling in court.

“If Obasa cannot come to the House as a member, let him resign after 20 years in the Assembly. Let him give somebody else a chance,” he said on the show.

Obasa, a native of Agege Constituency I, was elected to the House for the first time in 2007. He began giving speeches in June 2015.

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