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In an early morning operation, operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Nigeria Police, on Monday, stormed the premises of 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, had sued the state lawmakers challenging his removal as the Speaker.
Obasa, who had served as Speaker cumulatively for 10 years, in the suit before the Ikeja Division of the State High Court, is seeking his immediate reinstatement as speaker.
Obasa was removed in absentia by 32 out of the 40 members of the state Assembly on January 13, 2025.
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.
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