Nigeria, March 3 -- Last week Thursday's show of shame by the former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, when he forcefully took over the premises of the state's legislative chamber, is to say the least troubling.

Obasa's conduct last Thursday was the culmination of his melodramatic reactions so far, to a development that is simply a vote of no confidence in him by the very same members of the Assembly he has presided over for 10 years as the longest serving speaker in the state.

On 13 January, Mr Obasa was impeached by a two-thirds majority of the House members while he was on holiday in the United States.

He was impeached following a motion moved under the Matter of Urgent Public Importance by Femi Saheed....