Men of the Department of State Security, DSS, and Nigeria Police, in the early hours on Monday, stormed the premises the Lagos State House of Assembly, sealing up the offices of the Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, her deputy and clerk of the house.
As of 10 am, armed security personnel have taken over the premises at Alausa, Ikeja, and environs frisking every passersby.
Meranda, however, arrived with her convoy at about 11.15am.
Recall that the embattled, former Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, has sued the state lawmakers challenging his removal as the Speaker of the Assembly.
Obasa, it was gathered, has filed a motion at the Ikeja Division of the State High Court, where he is also seeking an accelerated hearing of his suit.