{"id":116642,"date":"2025-03-03T18:33:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=116642"},"modified":"2025-03-03T18:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:33:38","slug":"obasa-meranda-lagos-attorney-general-in-strategic-meeting-with-38-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/obasa-meranda-lagos-attorney-general-in-strategic-meeting-with-38-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Obasa, Meranda, Lagos Attorney General in strategic meeting with 38 lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ousted Lagos State Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, is currently holding a strategic meeting with Speaker Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, Lagos State Attorney General Lawal Mohammed Alade Pedro (SAN), APC Chairman Cornelius Ojelabi, and 38 lawmakers at the assembly garden ahead of the plenary scheduled for later this afternoon.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe purpose of the meeting has not been disclosed to journalists, but it is believed to be linked to last week\u2019s turmoil in the house.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Obasa stormed the assembly complex and held a plenary session with four lawmakers, despite his impeachment by the majority of the house, which led to the emergence of Meranda as the new Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Meranda, may step down following the intervention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police Command has deployed personnel to the assembly complex to ensure tight security and prevent any disruption by miscreants or thugs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ousted Lagos State Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, is currently holding a strategic meeting with Speaker Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, Lagos State Attorney General Lawal Mohammed Alade Pedro (SAN), APC Chairman Cornelius Ojelabi,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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