Former Minister of Communications and Alternate Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of De Renaissance Patriots, Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju (rtd), has reacted to the impeachment of Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, saying that his ouster from office was an indication that the Law of Karma was at play.
The former minister said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday by the Media Office of De Renaissance Patriots Foundation, referencing his earlier warning, urging the now-impeached Speaker to allow an indigene of Lagos State to emerge for the number three position during the 2023 process.
Olanrewaju affirmed that the third spiritual law of success is the Law of Karma, noting that Karma is about action and its consequences, as, according to him, “every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind.”
“Karma is both action and the consequences of that action; it is cause and effect simultaneously, because every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind.
“There is nothing unfamiliar about the Law of Karma. Everybody has heard the expression, ‘What you sow is what you reap,’” he said.
The former minister argued that the choices made by the impeached Speaker Obasa while in office were that he overstepped his political boundaries in many ways.
According to him, it is a well-known fact that politicians, while playing their political ping pong game of arrogance and seeking more power in search of a dynastic crown, particularly in Lagos State, ignored the slippery ground.
He, however, noted that the road to the 2027 electoral contest would present never-ending challenges and compromises, observing that many politicians never realised that political power is not within their grasp but in the hands of powerbrokers and a kingmaker.
“Like the ancient Chinese emperors who suffered fools gladly, it is not an accident that Obasa’s open declaration to show his face without authorisation into the gubernatorial ring is an unpardonable ‘harakiri.’
“I remember that I warned the Speaker-to-be Obasa a few years ago not to contest for the speaker’s position for the third time. He should yield the post to an indigene, knowing that it was the right time for an indigene to be the speaker.
“Obasa is an Ogun State indigene. Constitutionally, you cannot claim two states of origin, but wonders never end in the Lagos State power matrix,” Olanrewaju recalled.
“His fall from power could be ascribed to undignified political correctness and mean-spirited attempts to silence critics both within the establishment and external forces. Obasa bluffed everyone and pushed aside all common sense appeals to him.
“When there are many imposed non-indigenes, who are residents and over-ambitious, they forget themselves for a few moments without knowing it. They disobey superior standing orders of their infallible leadership, thinking neither the rule of law nor political accountability could count anymore.
“They hold on to the barricade of state power and continue with the domination of the political space, regardless of the negative impact their actions have on the sons and daughters of the state.
“The lessons to be learnt from this authoritarian political action is to give power to the IBILE indigenous people of Lagos State, who can manage themselves better and more successfully. Who knows who is next? A stitch in time saves nine,” he said.
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