Obasa: Court removes Babatunde, reinstates Onafeko as Lagos Assembly clerk

The National Industrial Court (NIC), in Lagos, has ordered the immediate removal of Ottun Babatunde as the acting clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly.

The court directed the reinstatement of Olalekan Onafeko, the former clerk of the House, following the ouster of the former speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, on January 13.

The order follows an ex parte application to the court made by Onafeko through his counsel, Yusuf Nurudeen, in a case he filed against the Lagos State Government, Lagos State Civil Service Commission, Lagos State House of Assembly Service Commission, the

Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Attorney-General of Lagos State and Babatunde.

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The claimant in the suit marked NICN/LA/23/2025 sought an interim injunction restraining the six defendants from parading any individual, including Babatunde, as the clerk pending the hearing of the motion on notice for Interlocutory injunction already filed in the suit.

Justice M. N. Esowe, in her ruling on February 20, 2025, granted Onafeko’s request for an interim injunction to prevent Babatunde from continuing to act as Clerk of the House.

The judge directed that both parties maintain the peace and preserve the status quo until the full hearing of the case, which has been scheduled for March 3, 2024.

“That both parties shall maintain the peace and status quo ante bellum until the motion on notice is heard and determined,” Esowe said.