Meranda has denied resigning as Lagos Meeting Speaker amid the disaster.
PoliticalNews Nigeriareviews that Lagos State Home of Meeting Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, has denied rumours of her resignation amid the continuing management disaster within the Meeting.
The hearsay mill went into overdrive on Monday after operatives of the Division of State Companies (DSS) and the Nigeria Police forcefully invaded the Meeting complicated.
Within the early hours of Monday, PoliticalNews Nigeria reviews that safety operatives forcefully entered the Meeting complicated, sealing the workplaces of Speaker Meranda, her deputy, and the clerk.
Meranda Refutes Resignation Rumours
Chatting with Punch, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Segun Ajiboye, dismissed the claims of Meranda stepping down as “a lie from the pit of hell.”
Ajiboye maintained that the Speaker stays steadfast in her function regardless of mounting stress.
The disaster, which started with the elimination of former Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, escalated when safety operatives stormed the Meeting early Monday morning, heightening tensions amongst lawmakers and legislative workers.
Ajiboye, reacting to the event, stated, “It’s a lie from the pit of hell. If she had resigned, would she come again to sit down on the plenary right now?”
A member of the Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), Muraina Taiwo, had earlier acknowledged that the Meeting disaster had escalated past the council’s capability to handle, urging President Bola Tinubu’s intervention.