Men of the Department of State Security, DSS, and
Nigeria Police, in the early hours of Monday, stormed the Lagos State House of
Assembly, sealing up the offices of the Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, her deputy
and clerk of the house.
As of 10 am, armed security personnel have taken over
the premises at Alausa, Ikeja, and environs frisking every passersby.
Meranda, however, arrived with her convoy at about
11.15am.
Recall that the embattled former Speaker of the House,
Mudashiru Obasa, has sued the state lawmakers challenging his removal as the
Speaker of the Assembly.
Obasa, it was gathered, has filed a motion at the
Ikeja Division of the State High Court, where he is also seeking an accelerated
hearing of his suit.
Obasa was removed in absentia by 32 out of the 40
members of the state Assembly on January 13, 2025. He was in the United States
of America when he was removed in a situation described as “coup,” by President
Bola Tinubu.
The development has generated controversy with members
of the Governance Advisory Council, GAC, an apex political decision making body
in All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos, divided over Obasa’s removal.
Obasa, in the suit, was challenging the legality of
his removal from office.
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