Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of three workers of the State House of Assembly for allegedly ass@ulting officials of the Department of State Services (DSS).
On Tuesday, February 25, Justice Daniel Osiagor directed that Ibrahim
Olanrewaju, Adetu Adekunle, and Fatimoh Adetola be held in custody pending
their arraignment on Wednesday, February 26.
The DSS charged the three workers with offences related to the alleged
ass@ult on its officials while they were on official duty. The secret police
also accused them of cyberstalking, recording, and circulating false
information on social media to undermine law and order in the country.
According to the DSS, the trio engaged in “willful misdirection of electronic
messages to social media to embarrass its officials” while they were on duty at
the Lagos assembly complex on February 17.
When DSS counsel Michael Bajela approached the court for their
arraignment, Justice Osiagor said he needed to review the case file before
proceeding.
On February 17, videos circulated on social media showing DSS operatives
inside the Lagos assembly complex, leading to allegations that they had
obstructed lawmakers from holding a plenary session. In one of the videos, DSS
operatives were seen in a physical struggle with lawmakers, sparking mixed
reactions from the public
Further details later emerged that the DSS was officially invited to the
assembly complex by the acting clerk to maintain order following intelligence
that Mudashiru Obasa, the ousted speaker, planned to resume office on February
18—a move the assembly believed posed a security risk.
The Lagos assembly has remained in the spotlight since the removal of
Obasa as speaker on January 13 while he was out of the country, and the
election of Mojisola Meranda as his replacement. Upon his return, Obasa refused
to accept his removal, insisting that due process was not followed and
declaring himself the legitimate speaker of the house.
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