Amidst Heavy Security, Obasa Storms Lagos Assembly, Takes Over Speaker’s Office

The impeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has arrived at the Assembly Complex with security operatives.

Naija News reports that the Obasa came with more than 11 Police officers and headed straight to the Speaker’s Office amidst reports of the withdrawal of the new speaker’s security operatives.

According to sources, Obasa arrived at the Assembly around 11:30 AM, accompanied by heavily armed police officers and civil defence personnel.

The development, Vanguard reports, has thrown the Assembly into disarray.

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

Two out of 39 lawmakers, Ayinde Akinsanya (Osmak), representing Mushin Constituency I, and Noheem Adams, representing Mushin Constituency II, accompanied Obasa to the complex.

The access roads to the complex have been taken over by individuals suspected to be Obasa’s loyalists, forcing motorists to use alternative routes as all entrances have been blocked to traffic.

Recall that security aides attached to Obasa were on Thursday restored, while those assigned to the current Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, had been withdrawn with immediate effect.

A source close to Obasa’s camp confirmed the development, revealing that his security aides were reinstated earlier in the morning.

“They have restored all Obasa’s security aides as of this morning,” the source disclosed in an interview with the Punch.

The restoration of Obasa’s security personnel comes just hours after all police escorts assigned to Speaker Meranda and those securing the legislative complex were withdrawn, sparking serious safety concerns.

Confirming the withdrawal of Meranda’s security details, her Special Adviser on Information, Victor Ganzallo, expressed deep concern, warning that the decision leaves the Speaker and the Assembly complex exposed to potential threats.

“As we speak, all security has been withdrawn from the Speaker, and she is now on her own,” Ganzallo stated