Lagos State House of Assembly speaker, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Meranda is in fresh trouble.
We gathered that Directorate of State Service (DSS) operatives stormed her office on Monday, February 17th, 2025 and sealed it up.
Our sources added that armed security personnel equally took over the premises of the House at Alausa, Ikeja, and environs.
Those in the know, squealed to us that the sacking of the former Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa has created crisis in the House of Assembly. The new speaker is said to be under tremendous pressure to resign.
There are indications that Obasa might return as the Speaker following the intervention of APC topshots in the state.
Besides, the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state especially the highest decision making body, GAC, have been divided over the removal of Obasa as the speaker and election of Meranda as a replacement.
The former speaker, Obasa has dragged the state lawmakers to court. The motion was filed on Wednesday, 12 February, 2025, named the Lagos State House of Assembly and Meranda, current Speaker as defendants.
In the suit filed by his lawyers, led by Chief Afolabi Fashanu, SAN, Obasa is seeking several reliefs, among which are:
“An order fixing a date for the expeditious hearing of the originating summons.
“An order of this Honourable Court abridging the time within which the Defendants may file their response by way of counter affidavits/written addresses as specified by the Rules of this Honourable Court, to 7 days after the hearing and determination of this Application.
“An order of this Honourable Court abridging the time within which the Plaintiff/Applicant may file its Reply of points law, as specified in the Rules of this Honourable Court, to 3 days of the service of the Defendants processes on him.”
Obasa’s application is predicated on nine grounds, including the interpretation of various sections of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As amended), and the Rules and Standing Order of the Lagos State House of Assembly.