Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- Controversy has continued to trail the presence and actions of officials of the State Security Service (SSS) at the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday.

While the lawmakers condemned the presence of the security officials and said it was meant to stifle them from doing their work, officials of the agency shared an unsigned statement, allegedly authored by the agency, saying the SSS officials were in the building because they were invited by the assembly's management to prevent the breakdown of law and order.

The statement said the SSS was invited to maintain law and order, following suspicions that the ousted Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, will attempt to take over the seat of the speaker on Monday, 18 February.

The ...