Mudashiru Obasa, the former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has sued the Assembly and its new Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, in the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, contesting the legitimacy of his dismissal.
The lawsuit, which has not yet been assigned to a judge, asks the court to rule that his House colleagues removed him illegally while the Assembly was in recess.
The plaintiff asserted in the application dated February 12, 2025, submitted by his attorney, Chief Afolabi Fashanu, SAN, that 36 lawmakers had dismissed him from his post on January 13, 2025, while he was abroad.
The impeached speaker is asking the court to set a date for an expedited hearing of the case and to reduce the time frame for the defendants to reply with written addresses or counter-affidavits to seven days following the hearing.
Obasa also requested that the court set a three-day limit on the plaintiff’s ability to submit legal points of reply.
