The Guardian in its publication of Tuesday, 18th February 2025 entitled: “Lagos Assembly crisis worsens, reveals deeper cracks in state’s power dynamics” (subject publication) reported the presence of officers of the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday, 17th February 2025. The report has elicited a response that The Guardian report gave an impression that the DSS presence at the scene was misrepresented. This impression is inadvertent and is thereby regretted.
It has come to light that the DSS acted within the ambit of its constitutional and statutory responsibilities of intelligence gathering for good governance, national security, and the upholding and enforcement of Nigeria’s criminal laws by intervening in the ongoing crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Precisely, the Acting Clerk of the House, Mr. A.T.R Ottun, in a letter dated…
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