Twenty-seven members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have today dismissed rumours suggesting that they have left the All Progressives Congress (APC) to join the opposition Labour Party (LP).
The defection rumour is coming amid the crisis rocking the Assembly.
The crisis deepened following moves by ousted Speaker Mudashiru Obasa to return to the House.
Recall Obasa, who was removed by the majority of the lawmakers on January 13, 2025, approached the court last week to seek redress.
The lawmaker dragged the Assembly and the new Speaker, Meranda, before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, claiming that the lawmakers were wrong to have removed him when the Assembly was in recess.
Reacting to the defection rumour, a statement signed by the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Strategy, and Security, Hon. (Otunba) Ogundipe Stephen Olukayode said: “The Lagos State House of Assembly wishes to categorically debunk the malicious and unfounded publication alleging that twenty-seven members of the Assembly are planning to defect from the ruling party to the opposition Labour Party (LP).
