The Supreme Court of Nigeria has revealed that there was no record of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa as a lawyer in
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has revealed that there was no record of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa as a lawyer in their registry.
The apex court keeps records of all certified lawyers allowed to handle cases in any Nigerian court.
According to SaharaReporters, Obasa’s profile on Wikipedia and the Lagos Assembly’s website describes him as a lawyer and solicitor of the Federal Republic of Nigeria even though there is no mention of where he practiced or a case he handled. He is also described on the Assembly’s website as graduating from the Nigerian Law School in 2007, a year after he obtained a Bachelor of Law degree from the Lagos State University.
But in a response to an enquiry on the matter on July 24, 2020, the Supreme Court categorically stated that Obasa’s name was not found on the numerous rolls of legal practitioners kept with it. The letter signed by one Gertrude B. Karenton-Mordi on behalf of the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court said, “This is to inform you that we have checked our records and cannot find the name: MUDASHIRU AJAYI OBASA on the nemerous Rolls of Legal Practitioners kept in this honourable court.
“MUDASHIRU AJAYI OBASA is at liberty to come to the honourable court with his call to bar and qualifying certificates for enrollment.”
The 47-year-old Speaker has been enmeshed in recent times with a number of scandals bothering on financial wrongdoing.
