Police restore Mojisola Meranda’s security detail

The Lagos State Police Commissioner, Moshood Jimoh, has said the command has restored the security detail of the Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda.

Jimoh stated this on Thursday while addressing a press briefing at the command’s headquarters in Ikeja, the state capital.

The commissioner said Meranda’s security detail was initially withdrawn for audit purposes, adding that the withdrawal was not done out of an ulterior motive.

PUNCH Online earlier reported that all security aides attached to Meranda, including police officers, were earlier withdrawn.

A source close to the Speaker confirmed that Meranda was now vulnerable.

“All the Speaker’s security aides have been withdrawn. All the security aides attached to the House of Assembly have also been withdrawn,” the source said, lamenting that “the speaker is now vulnerable.”

The spokesperson for Meranda, Ganzallo Victor, confirmed the development to our correspondent, saying, “We don’t know why the authorities have done that, but all the police officers and other security details attached to her have been withdrawn. She’s on her own at the moment.”

Meanwhile, all aides attached to the ousted speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, were restored.

“They have been restored all Obasa’s security aides as of this morning,” the source said.

The speakership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly might be resolved soon as the intervention of heavyweights in the All Progressives Congress may be leading to a headway.

The development follows the intervention of the APC bigwigs, notably former governors of Osun, Ogun, and Lagos states, namely Chief Bisi Akande, Segun Osoba, and Akinwunmi Ambode, respectively, among others.

The high-powered APC delegation was directed by President Bola Tinubu to resolve the political tension at the Lagos Assembly, following the inability of the Governance Advisory Council to find a solution.

On Sunday, Osoba, Ambode, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and all the GAC members met at the Governor’s Lodge in Marina over the crisis to find a lasting solution.

PUNCH Online gathered that the meeting lasted till around 7 pm. It was also learnt that the panel earlier met with the lawmakers.

The crisis began at the House on January 13, 2025, when about 36 lawmakers removed Obasa as speaker and replaced him with Meranda, the then-deputy speaker.

Over 90 per cent of the lawmakers accused the impeached speaker of poor leadership style, perpetual lateness to legislative sections and plenary, high-handedness and disregard for colleague lawmakers and the executive, especially the governor, abuse of office and privileges, intimidation and oppression of members, misappropriation, among others.

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