Breaking: Has Lagos Assembly Speaker Meranda Resigned? Fact Emerge

• The Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Mojisola Meranda has denied the report that she has resigned from her position
• Meranda's spokesperson, Segun Ajiboye, said he did not know where the rumour was coming from and that the speaker has not resign
• The rumour about Meranda's resignation came amid the leadership crisis rocking the House, following the removal of the former speaker, Mudashiru Obasa

Rt Hon. Mojisola Meranda, the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has denied the report that resigned from her position, just 38 days after taking charge of the office.

The dismissal of the rumour was made by the chief press secretary to the speaker, Segun Ajiboye, who debunked the online claim on Wednesday, February 19.

According to The Punch, Ajiboye said:

“I’m in the office. The speaker is in the office. I don’t know where that is coming from,”

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There has been a circular on social media dated Monday, February 17, 2025. It was allegedly released by the new speaker, with the content claiming that Meranda tendered her resignation letter. However, a check on the letter showed that it was not signed by anyone.

The rumour of Meranda's resignation came two days after members of the House of Assembly passed a vote of confidence on her leadership style.

The House has been in a leadership crisis since the lawmaker impeached the former speaker Mudashiru Obasa, over alleged financial misappropriation and misconduct. Obasa was impeached on Monday, January 13.

However, the former speaker had claimed that he remained the title holder of the office, adding that his removal from the office did follow due process.

The impeachment of Obasa has led to controversies in some quarters of the state. There has been a report that the embattled lawmaker could be returned as the speaker, with some claiming that President Bola Tinubu has ordered his reinstatement.

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There were other claims that his impeachment had divided the Governance Advising Council, a machinery controlling the affairs of the All Progressives Congress in the state.

Obasa, who had been in the business of lawmaker since the return of democracy in 1999, when he was first elected as a councillor at Iyana-Ipaja, Agege in Lagos, was first elected into the Lagos State House of Assembly in 2007. He was returned to the office in 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023.

The three times speaker of the House stated that he will accept his removal from office if the due process was followed and is currently challenging his removal from office at the state High Court.

Source: Legit.ng