The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday evening began moves to impeach Governor Akinwunmi Ambode over alleged gross misconduct.
Lawmakers at a plenary accused the governor of spending budget that had not been laid before the House or approved by the Assembly.
Out of the 34 lawmakers who spoke at the plenary, 28 called for Mr Ambode’s impeachment.
Six others called on the governor to resign.
Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, said there was
He said the Assembly was giving the governor one week to appear before it to explain his own side of the story or faced impeachment.
Obasa, therefore, asked the lawmakers who still wanted the governor to be impeached to start gathering signatures.
The lawmakers, therefore, agreed to summon the governor, the commissioners for finance, economic planning and budget and the attorney general to appear at their next meeting on Monday.
