The Lagos State Police Command said it has restored the security details of the embattled Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Mojisola Meranda.
The State’s Commissioner of Police, CP Moshood Jimoh, who disclosed this at a press conference in Lagos on Thursday, said four security personnel attached to the Speaker who were earlier withdrawn had since been restored.
According to the CP, the withdrawal of the security details attached to the Speaker and other Very Important Personalities (VIPs) in the state was in line with an ongoing audit of Police personnel and firearms
He disclosed that the same audit was being conducted in other States’ Police Commands and not Lagos State alone.
It will be recalled that the security escorts attached to the office of the Speaker and her residence were withdrawn on Thursday morning.
LEADERSHIP reports that about the same time, the impeached Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, stormed the legislative building in company armed police escorts and announced his return as Speaker of the House.
