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Lagos Speaker’s security details withdrawn — Media Adviser

All  security details attached to the Speaker of the Lagos State  House of Assembly, Mrs Mojisola Meranda, have been withdrawn, Mr Victor Ganzalo, her Special Adviser on Media, said on Thursday.
In a short statement issued  to House of Assembly correspondents in Ikeja, Ganzalo also said all  personnel  providing security at the Assembly complex had also been withdrawn.
“All police escorts guarding the Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda and those guarding the Lagos House of Assembly have been withdraw,” he said.
Ganzalo said the withdrawal of the  personnel had left the Assembly naked and vulnerable.
The media aide described the development as unfortunate, saying it was an attack on democracy.
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