Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa is currently in a bitter fight with Mojisola Meranda over her decision to authorise the withdrawal of N5 billion from the Assembly’s account to purchase vehicles for lawmakers just days after replacing him as Speaker following a short-lived impeachment in January, Peoples Gazette has learnt. This may…
Chairman, Governance Advisory Council (GAC) in Lagos State, Prince Tajudeen Olusi, has revealed the position of the organisation on the controversy in the Lagos State House of Assembly. This is the first time GAC will be publicly making intervention on the removal of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker and election of Mojisola Meranda on January 13,…
The security detail attached to Mojisola Meranda, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has been reinstated. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Moshood Jimoh, confirmed this during a press briefing on Thursday, explaining that the withdrawal was part of a routine audit and not motivated by any ulterior motive. Earlier, all security aides, including…
Fresh details have emerged on the withdrawal of security operatives assigned to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, revealing that the action was due to a lack of valid approval rather than political motives. Investigations show that Meranda was not the only VIP affected, as several high-profile individuals in Lagos,…
Members of the Lagos state House of Assembly have unanimously rejected the return of the ousted Lagos state Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. The lawmakers who spoke to journalists at the Lagos Assembly Complex earlier on Thursday, frowned at the decision to return the ex-Speaker without prior notice. They openly rejected Obasa as Speaker and sought…
The ousted Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has denied reports linking him to stockpiling guns at his office at the assembly. Reports on Tuesday alleged that 47 pump-action guns were discovered by officials of the Department of State Services during a visit to the Assembly on Monday. Some versions of…
The legal counsel to the Department of State Services (DSS), Adedipe and Adedipe Legal Practitioners, has issued a notice to two television stations namely Da’ar Communications PLC (owners of AIT), Channels Television, and other media platforms, demanding apology and retraction of reports by them purporting that their operatives invaded the Lagos Assembly on Monday. In…
Mudashiru Obasa, a Lagos lawmaker, has sued the Lagos State House of Assembly and the new Speaker, Mojisola Meranda over his impeachment. In a motion dated February 12, 2025, filed before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, the lawmaker claims that his colleagues were wrong to have sacked him when the Assembly was on…
