Hearing on Obasa’s alleged wrongful removal suit adjourned to March 10

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An Ikeja High Court on Friday extended until March 10 to hear the suit filed by the reinstated Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa.

Obasa is challenging the allegations that led to his initial removal as speaker, which included fraud, high-handedness, abuse of office, and gross misconduct.

The respondents in the suit are members of the state assembly and former speaker, Mojisola Meranda.

When the case was called on Friday, Justice Yetunde Pinheiro, ordered all parties to file and serve their processes before the next adjourned date.

She adjourned the case until March 10 for the hearing of all applications, including Obasa’s originating summon.

Earlier, Obasa’s lead counsel, Mr Afolabi Fasanu (SAN), informed the court that though the embattled speaker had been reinstated, the suit had not become an academic exercise…