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February 23, 2025
On Saturday, reports emerged that the DSS had arrested three individuals linked to the assault on its officers during the February 18 crisis at the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Three individuals arrested for allegedly assaulting officers of the Department of State Services (DSS), otherwise called State Security Service (SSS), have been released.
SaharaReporters learnt that they were released on Saturday night after the intervention of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana.
Mr. Falana confirmed to SaharaReporters on Sunday morning that the three individuals were granted bail and have since met their bail conditions.
“I intervened by contacting the Director General of the State Security Service. Upon our intervention, the DG ordered that they be granted bail. They met the bail conditions and were released last night,” Mr Falana said.
On Saturday, reports emerged that the DSS had arrested three individuals linked to the assault on its officers during the February 18 crisis at the Lagos State House of Assembly.
The arrests followed a request from the Lagos Assembly for enhanced security at the complex, as detailed in a letter dated February 14, 2025, and signed by Acting Clerk A.T.B. Ottun.
The letter, referenced LSHA/FAD/0/7554/323, instructed the DSS to implement strict access control at the Assembly complex from February 15 until further notice.
The DSS, along with other security agencies, was invited by the Lagos State House of Assembly leadership to maintain order following intelligence reports that loyalists of the ousted Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, were planning to forcefully reinstate him.
According to sources, some lawmakers had mobilized supporters to the Assembly complex, leading to an attack on DSS officers who were present to secure the facility.
“After extensive analysis of CCTV footage, we were able to clearly identify three of the suspects,” a DSS source told THISDAY.
“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.”
In a leaked memo dated February 14, 2025, the Lagos Assembly informed the DSS Director and other security agency heads in the state of credible intelligence suggesting that Hon. Mudashiru Obasa planned to forcefully reinstate himself on February 18, 2025.
Citing this as a potential security threat to the Assembly and its members, the Assembly management requested the deployment of DSS officers to strengthen security at the complex.
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