The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested three workers of the Lagos State House of Assembly for allegedly attacking its personnel on February 18.
During a scene at the assembly on Monday, some people physically assaulted DSS personnel.
In a letter dated February 14, 2025, written by the acting clerk, A. T. B. Ottun, the assembly requested that the DSS provide additional protection.
According to the letter with the reference LSHA/FAD/0/7554/323, the DSS was instructed to maintain strict access to the facility from February 15 until further notice.
However, a DSS source reported that several persons attacked the soldiers posted in the compound.
According to the source, three individuals who assaulted their personnel were identified and arrested after analyzing CCTV footage.
The source said, “Some of our personnel deployed to the Lagos House of Assembly were attacked on Monday. Our personnel were there because we were invited to provide security there. After extensive analysis of CCTV footage, we were able to clearly identify three of the suspects.
“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.”
According to the source, the suspects will shortly be charged in court.
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, verified the arrest in an interview, stating that the suspects had been released on bail.
“I can confirm that the three assembly workers who were arrested by DSS have been released on bail,” he said.
