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Confusion has engulfed the Lagos State House of Assembly as Mudashiru Obasa, the ousted Speaker, stormed the complex on Thursday, allegedly intending to resume duty.

According to sources, Obasa arrived at the Assembly around 11:30 AM, accompanied by heavily armed police officers and civil defence personnel. The development has thrown the Assembly into disarray, especially as the incumbent Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, was reportedly absent from the scene.

Although the House is currently on an indefinite recess, reports indicate that the doors to the Speaker’s office have been forcibly opened.

Vanguard had reported how the Inspector General of Police, IGP, had ordered the withdrawal of all security details assigned to Speaker Mojisola Meranda.

The development, which comes amid a leadership tussle within the Assembly, has left the Speaker vulnerable to potential attacks.

An aide to the Speaker, speaking in confidence to Vanguard, confirmed that security personnel, including police officers and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), were withdrawn on Thursday morning without any replacement.

“In the early hours of Thursday, we woke up to the startling news that all security details assigned to Madam Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, had been withdrawn. This includes the police and DSS officers, leaving her exposed to threats amid the ongoing speakership crisis,” the aide disclosed.

The aide further appealed to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as the state’s Chief Security Officer, to intervene urgently to prevent a potential breakdown of law and order.

The crisis escalated further on Wednesday, when Olalekan Onafeko, the former and suspended Clerk of the House, attempted to resume duty at the Assembly complex. However, he was politely turned away by security personnel.

Onafeko, who was removed alongside former Speaker Mudashiru Obasa on January 13, allegedly arrived at the complex around 9 a.m., accompanied by his lawyer, two security personnel, and unidentified DSS operatives, in an attempt to reclaim his office.

“He, the suspended clerk, was politely told by the lawyer of the State Assembly to leave the complex peacefully as the matter is already in court,” an eyewitness revealed.

A viral video captured Assembly staff booing and jeering at Onafeko, chanting unfavorable slogans as he was escorted out of the premises.

In response to the incident, the management of the Lagos State House of Assembly, through a statement signed by Chief Security Officer Kushoro Idowu, condemned the development.

The crisis stems from the January 13 removal of former Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, who was ousted by 32 out of 40 of the Assembly. Following his removal, Mojisola Meranda was elected as the substantive Speaker.

Despite interventions from President Bola Tinubu, the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), Governor Sanwo-Olu, and the All Progressives Congress (APC), efforts to resolve the leadership dispute have so far yielded no positive results.

As tensions continue to rise, stakeholders are calling for immediate action to restore order and ensure the safety of Speaker Meranda and the Assembly complex.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/02/just-in-obasa-armed-men-break-into-lagos-speakers-office/

This man na inner-inner caucus for their society.

Na them dey do the meeting after the meeting for political settings.

You can't do politics and still have a working conscience. Too many vested, divergent and contradictory interests will make you dead your conscience to survive or thrive.

Tinubu must go for Yoruba people to be free ..

This is a stark truth and reality

How can a god keep enslaving his people .. why they bow and carelessly worship him

Lots for sophistication

Walahi

Tueh

A man from Abeokuta wanting to be Speaker by force. See the kind of IGP we have, Egbetokun is not fit. Tinubu is blinded by power, if he end up removing Meranda, oti te oju Oniru monle, oti je oju awon omo Eko original. Let's see how this will end, . Iam happy this is happening, like I used to say, my dad is from Isale-Eko, I am from Igbomina. Gbogbo Agarawu Area, ko tan yin bi.

Tinubu have turned his region into a chaos, wild wild west

There's war in Lagos and Osun

Obasa!

The president and First Lady will always have their way

Was coming to drop the video here😁😁😁




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPm4_48k9vc?si=0HgisijPZhjuH4Br

This man should rest

Alright

Ipada bo Abija ...

Odin13:
Tinubu must go for Yoruba people to be free ..

This is a stake truth and reality

How can a god keep enslaving his people .. why they bow and carelessly worship him

Lots for sophistication

Walahi



Tueh

Emeka, mind your business .
Your osu mothers and fathers need the freedom .

Spits on your flat head

Demonstration of craze

Obasa no wan gree for anybody

Lagos agbero politics. Seunmsg the corrupt Agege thug boy of your beloved agbero drug lord is back against all odds. What say ya?

this lagos sef, e be like some unknown forces are now challenging the godfatherism of Jagaban.

Maxymilliano:
Ipada bo Abija ...

The Lawmakers didn’t observe the due process in his purported impeachment. The media didn't do a good job in exposing that side of the ugly scenario.

iwaeda:
A man from Abeokuta wanting to be Speaker by force. See the kind of IGP we have, Egbetokun is not fit. Tinubu is blinded by power, if he end up removing Meranda, oti te oju Oniru monle, oti je oju awon omo Eko original. Let's see how this will end, Nlfpmod. Iam happy this is happening, like I used to say, my dad is from Isale-Eko, I am from Igbomina. Gbogbo Agarawu Area, ko ta yin bi.

This poorly lettered impostor is here again .
Chukwudi, when will you be proud of your Osu ancestry ?
There’s no such thing as ‘I’m from Igbomina’ . Igbomina is one of the tribes of the Yoruba Nation.
Imagine someone saying ‘I’m from Nupe ‘ or ‘ I’m from Ebira’ .

Imagine the oloriburuku saying his father is from Isale Eko in Lagos while he is Igbomina ( a Yoruba tribe domiciled in Osun and Kwara ).

A dumb osu pig masquerading as Omoluabi😂😂 . Ooni kuure

Obasa should carry go. Go snatch it.

No be only Tinubu knows how to snatch it grab it and run away with it.

The iroko has risen... Una go hear wotowoto tis time. Allow one man to be defining your existence

iwaeda:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/02/just-in-obasa-armed-men-break-into-lagos-speakers-office/

K

Odin13:
Tinubu must go for Yoruba people to be free ..

This is a stake truth and reality

How can a god keep enslaving his people .. why they bow and carelessly worship him

Lots for sophistication

Walahi

Tueh

but u Igbos dare not go out on Mondays in your region

Bobloco:
Tinubu have turned his region into a chaos, wild wild west

There's war in Lagos and Osun

It's simply the law of Karma at work. Having engineered the same in Kano, Kaduna and Rivers, the chickens have finally come home to roost. Other regions are watching, if he can't deliver himself at home, nobody will carry him across the finishing line this time. Most certainly not the North.

Fake news. No picture, No video.
Ipob always posting fake news

Next...

Oga at the top

Well done!

Sanwoolu is a wingless frozen chicken of a Governor. He is not a Governor with a heart of steel. Na heart of chicken he get