- Safiu Kehinde
Lagos lawmaker, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Meranda, has officially assumed office as the new Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly.
The House, in a post on its official X handle, announced the new Speaker’s assumption to office in company of other lawmakers.
NPO reported that the lawmakers had voted Mojisola as the new Speaker following the ousting of his predecessor, Mudashiru Obasa on the 13th of January 2025.
Obasa, who was absent at the plenary where he was impeached, had ever since declared his impeachment as illegitimate while affirming that he remains the Speaker of the House.
In an effort to avert the recurrence of the previous plenary session where Obasa loyalists stormed the Assembly in protest against his impeachment, the premises of the Legislative house was heavily guarded in anticipation for Obasa’s return.
As against the ex-Speaker’s agitation and claims of division in the House, the lawmakers have expressed their solidarity behind Meranda.