{"id":22238,"date":"2025-02-19T14:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=22238"},"modified":"2025-02-19T14:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:00:44","slug":"lagos-assembly-debunks-alleged-defection-of-27-lawmakers-to-labour-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=22238","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Assembly Debunks Alleged Defection of 27 Lawmakers to Labour Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Lagos State House of Assembly has strongly denied reports suggesting that 27 of its members are planning to defect from the ruling party to the opposition Labour Party (LP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">In a statement issued by the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy, and Security, Hon. (Otunba) Ogundipe Stephen Olukayode, the Assembly described the report as <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cmalicious, unfounded, and misleading.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cWe find this report not only offensive but also riddled with inaccuracies and outright falsehoods. It serves no purpose other than to sow discord and confusion within the Assembly and among the good people of Lagos State,\u201d the statement read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Hon. Ogundipe clarified that recent developments in the House, including the removal of the former Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, and the election of Rt. Hon. Mojisola Lasbat Meranda as the new Speaker, were <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cpurely internal matters\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> handled in accordance with the Nigerian Constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThese events in no way suggest any intention by members to leave the party. We emphasize, without any ambiguity, that no member of the Assembly is contemplating defection,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Assembly further assured party leaders and supporters that all members remain committed to the ruling party and its mandate to serve the people of Lagos State. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The statement blamed <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cagents of destabilization\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> for spreading falsehoods aimed at creating unnecessary tension and division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Reaffirming that any internal disagreements would be resolved through democratic processes, the Assembly urged media outlets to uphold journalistic ethics by verifying information before publication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThere is no crisis that warrants any member considering defection. We call on all media partners to verify facts before spreading unverified reports that could mislead the public,\u201d the statement stated.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State House of Assembly has strongly denied reports suggesting that 27 of its members are planning to defect from the ruling party to the opposition Labour Party (LP).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[10141,1383,4987,251,1016],"class_list":["post-22238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-debunks","tag-defection","tag-labour-party","tag-lagos-assembly","tag-lawmakers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22239,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22238\/revisions\/22239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}