The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the remand of three employees of the Lagos State House of Assembly in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) for allegedly assaulting its officers.
The trial judge, Justice Daniel Osiagor, who ordered that the trio of Ibrahim Olanrewaju, Adetu Adekunle and Fatimoh Adetola be kept behind the bars after the DSS, through its lawyer, Michael Bajela, sought to arraign them for the alleged offence, however, said that he wanted to review the case file first pending the arraignment of the defendants today, February 26, 2025.
In the charge, dated February 24, 2025, and filed yesterday, the DSS accused the defendants, along with others still at large, of conspiring to assault officers of the State Security Service without any reasonable excuse while performing their official duties.
The agency alleged that on February 17, 2025, at the Lagos State House of Assembly, the three defendants aided and abetted each other in obstructing its officers while they were carrying out their duties.
It further accused the defendants of cyberstalking by recording and disseminating false information on social media to cause a public breakdown of law and order, among others.
Meanwhile, the judge has fixed today, February 26, 2025, for possible arraignment of the accused.
However, the leadership of the Lagos State House of Assembly has called on the Director of the DSS to immediately release three of its staff members who were arrested and kept in custody.
Chairman of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Lagos chapter, Babatunde Ogunlana, who spoke while addressing the media, called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Director-General of the DSS, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and other relevant authorities to intervene immediately.
Ogunlana stressed the union’s firm stance, saying “No Retreat, No Surrender” in their demand for the release of their detained colleagues.
