No fewer than 47 pump action rifles have been discovred in the office of the chief security officer (CSO) to Mudashiru Obasa, the ousted speaker of the Lagos house of assembly, after Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) invaded the complex.
According to TheCable, a member of the assembly said the pump action rifles were discovered during a routine “sweeping exercise”, adding that live cartridges were also found.
However, an associate of the embattled lawmaker said that the allegation was a smear campaign to prevent the former speaker from returning to his office.
Recall that Obasa has insisted that his removal from the office of the speaker did not follow due process, claiming he remained the title holder of the office.
Another source also alleged: “Assembly officials discovered a stack of arms neatly kept somewhere in the speaker’s CSO’s office.”
The source further disclosed that the DSS was immediately alerted and then sent its operatives to take possession of the arms. The secret police then took possession of the arms ahead of their investigation.
It was learnt that there were various theories about the revelation, which included the insinuation of arms dealing because of the size of the inventory.
A member said Obasa is “desperate to return to his office at the assembly” in order to “tidy things up”.
“The new and responsible assembly leadership has played its part in all of this, the rest is left for the DSS and other relevant authorities to also play theirs. If this is swept under the carpet, then Lagos and Nigerians will see where all of these is coming from,” he said.
“When we tell the public that the assembly has had enough of Obasa, people don’t really have a grasp of that message.
“We are even more convinced that our leader, President Bola Tinubu, is not in support of his excesses and his resolve to undermine democracy in the state. But we want the public to see this and understand what we are dealing with as a body.”
Meanwhile, The speaker of the House, Meranda, on Monday, denied that she was stepping down as the leader of the assembly.
Rumours on social media had it earlier on Monday that Meranda was due to resign over pressure amid the crisis rocking the assembly.
But in an interview, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Segun Ajiboye, described the rumour as “a lie from the pit of hell.”
Ajiboye said, “It is a lie from the pit of hell. If she had resigned, would she come back to sit at the plenary today?
