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 exparte 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.
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. (Guardian)