By Adesina Soyooye
The embarrassment suffered by the Speaker of the Lagos State Assembly, the Rt. Hon. Mojisola Meranda, Thursday morning, has been addressed and rectified.
Addressing the Press at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters Thursday afternoon, the Commissioner of Police, Moshood Jimoh, confirmed the restoration of her Details.
Early Thursday morning, all the Security Details attached to her were withdrawn, which left her, according to an aide of hers, vulnerable.
Conversely, as if in preparation for the takeover of the Speaker’s seat same Thursday, (which he eventually did), the Security Details of the impeached Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, who were withdrawn weeks earlier, were restored.
With the help of his restored Details, Obasa stormed the Assembly complex, declared he remains the Speaker, and had come back to his office. But 36 members of the Assembly, in a swift reaction, rejected him, and pledged their loyalty to, and support for, Meranda. Obasa was forced to hold plenary with only four members out of the 40-member Assembly.
Clarifying the reason Meranda’s Security Details were initially withdrawn when, in the eyes of the Law, he is still the Speaker, CP Jimoh said they were withdrawn for audit purposes, and insisted it was not because of any ulterior motive.
Meanwhile, the situation in the House of Assembly remains fluid. Speaker Meranda has said nothing so far, but 36 Lawmakers say they are solidly behind her. She was not at the Assembly Complex when Obasa stormed it.
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