Court Declares Obasa’s Removal Illegal, Voids Assembly Proceedings

Justice Yetunde Pinheiro of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has declared Mudashiru Obasa’s removal as the reinstated Speaker of the House of Assembly illegal and unconstitutional.

Justice Pinheiro also voided proceedings and resolutions of the House held on January 13, 2025, during which Obasa was ousted.

The judge made the declarations while delivering judgment in a Suit filed by Obasa against 36 other lawmakers, challenging the legality of his removal and the criminal allegations made against him.

The court also nullified the proceedings and resolutions of the House held on January 13, 2025, during which Obasa was ousted.

Obasa filed a suit against the House of Assembly and the then-appointed Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, challenging the legality of his removal.

In the suit, filed on February 12, 2025, by his counsel, Chief Afolabi Fashanu (SAN), Obasa contended that the 36 lawmakers removed him while the Assembly was in recess and out of the country.

In the suit, Obasa insisted that the allegations that led to his initial removal as speaker, including accusations of fraud, highhandedness, abuse of office, and gross misconduct, were frivolous and false.