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Lagos Assembly crisis: DSS arrests three for assaulting officers

Lagos Assembly crisis: DSS arrests three for assaulting officers

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested three persons for assault on its officers during the crisis in the Lagos State House of Assembly on February 17, The Nation gathered on Saturday.

A source in the Service said lawmakers had mobilized supporters to the Assembly Complex that they attacked some of the officers who were invited by the Assembly leadership to secure the facility.

The source said, “After extensive analysis of CCTV footage, we were able to clearly identify three of the suspects.

“The suspects, Ibrahim Olanrewaju Abdulkareem, a photographer and two others attached to the Assembly’s Sergeant-at-Arms, Adetu Adekunle Samsudeen and Adetola Oluwatosin Fatimoh, a lady, were consequently tracked and arrested during the week in different parts of Lagos.

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“The trio have since confessed to the crime and will soon be charged to court”

Recall that, the Lagos Assembly had in a leaked memo dated 14th February 2025, addressed to the DSS Director and heads of other security agencies in Lagos State, said there was credible information that the ousted Speaker Mudashiru Obasa had planned to forcefully reinstate himself on February 18, 2025.

Accordingly, the Assembly management held the view that the development posed “a potential security threat.”

 

Lagos Assembly crisis: DSS arrests three for assaulting officers

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