Police Restore Obasa’s Security Details, Withdraws Meranda’s As Ex-Lagos Speaker Set For Return
The end may finally be in sight for the tenure of the first female Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mojisola Meranda as all security aides attached to her have been withdrawn.
OSUN DEFENDER also learnt that those formerly withdrawn from ex-Speaker Mudashiru Obasa have been restored in reverse order.
Reports filtering in the media confirmed the development but sources close to both parties have confirmed the latest development as of Thursday morning.
“All the Speaker’s security aides have been withdrawn. All the security aides attached to the House of Assembly have also been withdrawn,” the source said, lamenting that “the speaker is now vulnerable.”
OSUN DEFENDER reports that the situation grows amid reports that Meranda may resign before the end of this week.
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The decision to resign was sealed at the meeting held with lawmakers following the intervention of All Progressives Congress (APC) bigwigs including Chief Bisi Akande and Aremo Olusegun Osoba, who reportedly presided over the meeting.
The panel, according to GAC members at the meeting, are recommending the resignation of Mudashiru Obasa and that Meranda should also step down for a new lawmaker from Lagos West to take the mantle of the House leadership.
Meranda’s spokesperson. Ganzallo Victor, confirmed that “We don’t know why the authorities have done that but all the police officers and other security details attached to her have been withdrawn. She’s on her own at the moment.”
Another source in the Obasa camp also said all aides attached to Obasa have now been restored.
“They have been restored all Obasa’s security aides as of this morning,” the source said.
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