Jimoh, who hails from Kwara State, was a former Force Public Relations Officer and later Deputy Commissioner of Airport Police; Deputy Commissioner, Finance and Administration, and Deputy Commissioner for General Investigation.

Though the police commission did not give a reason for the deployment of a new police boss in Lagos, observers have linked the development to the protracted leadership tussle in the hallowed chamber.

Earlier on Monday, the leadership tussle in the Lagos State House of Assembly took a new twist with heavy security presence at the premises during a plenary session.

Security vans and personnel were spotted in and outside the premises of the Lagos Assembly complex in the Alausa Area of the commercial city. 

There was a mild drama when some of the security agents tried to gain access to the Assembly chambers. These delayed the plenary for some hours.

But an official of the Lagos Assembly later told Channels Television that the speaker Mojisola Meranda and 32 members of the lawmaking body are present for Monday’s plenary.

While issues to be discussed at the plenary are unclear as of the time of this report, some members and the Lagos Assembly were spotted discussing in clusters inside the premises. 

Although a source told Channels Television that the leadership of the House is intact, the workers’ move action further lends credence to speculations that she has been asked to resign or may be impeached. 

Some workers at the Assembly were spotted surrounding Meranda. They insisted that they wanted her to stay as the speaker of the House. 

Last month, members of the Assembly removed the House’s long-term speaker Mudashiru Obasa over allegations of fraud and other sundry charges.

They thereafter elected Meranda as Obasa’s replacement in a historic move that saw the member representing Apapa Constituency I become the first speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.

Obasa who was away during his removal, however, insisted he was still the Lagos Assembly speaker. 

The former speaker who represents the Agege constituency dismissed fraud allegations against him which he labelled as “fictitious and unsubstantiated”.

“My status in the house? I believe strongly I am still the speaker until the right thing has been done,” the lawmaker said in a press conference organised at his Ikeja home in Lagos.

“If you want to remove me, remove me the proper way and I will not contest it. “I’m a Muslim and I believe in fate. But let’s do it the way it should be done.”

Many claimed his governorship ambition fuaaelled his removal, Obasa said there was nothing wrong with nursing that goal.

Weeks after his removal, Obasa dragged the Assembly and Meranda before the Lagos State High Court challenging his sack as the speaker of the House.

He asked the court to declare that his removal by his colleagues was unlawful owing since the Assembly was on break.