{"id":151159,"date":"2025-02-17T20:36:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T19:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/dss-invasion-of-lagos-assembly-attempt-to-force-speaker-meranda-to-resign-gbadebo-rhodes-vivour"},"modified":"2025-02-20T17:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:04:29","slug":"dss-invasion-of-lagos-assembly-attempt-to-force-speaker-meranda-to-resign-gbadebo-rhodes-vivour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/dss-invasion-of-lagos-assembly-attempt-to-force-speaker-meranda-to-resign-gbadebo-rhodes-vivour","title":{"rendered":"DSS invasion of Lagos Assembly attempt to force Speaker Meranda to resign \u2013 Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The 2023 Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has alleged an attempt to use the Department of State Services, DSS, to force the Speaker of the state Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, to step aside or resign.<\/p>\n<p>Rhodes-Vivour said the invasion of the Lagos State House of Assembly by DSS operatives was a major blow to politics in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Operatives of the DSS and the Nigeria Police, on Monday, took over the Lagos State House of Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The invasion followed a leadership crisis in the State Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Meranda had replaced Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker of the Assembly after he was impeached by lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Obasa was impeached while he was in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Upon his return to Nigeria, Obasa had insisted that he was not impeached, stressing that the lawmakers failed to follow due process in his removal.<\/p>\n<p>However, featuring on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today, Rhodes-Vivour said lawmakers must not owe their loyalty to godfathers.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt was a major low for politics in Lagos State today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we saw today was an attempt to intimidate the speaker to step aside and resign by using armed men and threats of violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever is behind this should solve this problem in a civilized fashion because the State Assembly must owe its loyalty to its constituents and not any godfather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The 2023 Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has alleged an attempt to use the Department of State Services, DSS, to force the Speaker of the state Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, to step aside or resign. 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