Tension In Lagos As Newly Elected Assembly Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, Is Set To Resign

<h4>Tension In Lagos As Newly Elected Assembly Speaker<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has reliably gathered that the atmosphere of Lagos State House of Assembly is currently in frightening mode&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to credible information&comma; stern&comma; armed security personnel have cordoned off the premises of Lagos State House of Assembly&comma; Alausa&comma; Ikeja&comma; as lawmakers are set to hold an emergency plenary session on Monday&comma; March 3&comma; 2025&comma; amid tense situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As early as 7 am&comma; the heavy presence of security&comma; which had been stationed at the assembly promises and environs for about two weeks&comma; got boosted on Monday&comma; ahead of likely change in leadership of the Lagos House&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was gathered that the newly elected Speaker&comma; Mojisola Meranda&comma; is expected to tender her resignation as speaker to pave way for the emergence of a new speaker to be in tandem with the zoning arrangement for candidates from the west zone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; men of the Rapid Response Squad &lpar;RRS&rpar; and armed men from the Police Command have taken strategic positions around the premises&comma; with every guest&comma; including staff being searched thoroughly before being allowed access to the complex&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The atmosphere in the Assembly this morning is very tensed with heavy security around the Assembly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was difficult for the staff to gain access to the Assembly&period; It took me over an hour before I was allowed into the premises&comma;” one of the staff&comma; who spoke to under anonymity&comma; said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It would be recalled that following the crises that broke as a result of the removal of Mr Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker of the Assembly and Olalekan Onafeko as Clerk of the House by 32 lawmakers on January 13&comma; 2025&comma; President Tinubu had set up a high-powered committee of the party led by Chief Bisi Akande and Aremo Olusegun Osoba including former APC National Vice Chairman&comma; South-west&comma; Pius Akinyelure and others to resolve the crises&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To the surprise of all&comma; the report from the findings of the Bisi Akande’s committee has been thrown into the trash can&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Insiders say that the committee has been disbanded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Information has it that the Presidency frown at the report simply because it goes against Obasa’s interest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Mrs Mojisola Meranda&comma; who has been acting as the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">substantive Speaker<&sol;a> of the House will have to vacate that seat because those who control the night and day of Lagos politics want Obasa back&comma;” a credible source confided in OpenLife Sunday afternoon in Abuja&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;28920" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-28920" style&equals;"width&colon; 259px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-28920" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;download-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tension In Lagos As Newly Elected Assembly Speaker&comma; Mojisola Meranda&comma; Is Set To Resign" width&equals;"259" height&equals;"194" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-28920" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Obasa and Mojisola<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;