SULEIMAN GALADIMA, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): When this case came up for hearing on 23/4/2010, this court was initially faced with two suits filed by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL of Federation v. ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Lagos State in Suit No.SC.340/2010. The other was ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Lagos State v. ATTORNEY GENERAL of Federation in Suit No. SC.462/2010. By consensus of all the Learned Counsel for their respective parties, it was agreed that the Suit No. SC.462/2010 should abide by the ultimate decision of this Court in Suit No. SC.340/2010.
Both Suits are hinged squarely on the interpretation of the same Constitutional provisions which are the same. Since the case of the plaintiff in Suit No.SC.340/2010 has been dismissed, the case of the plaintiff in Suit No.SC.462/2010 is meritorious and it succeeds. It is determined in favour of the plaintiff herein.
Consequently, I hereby declare as follows:-
(1) That the House of Assembly of Lagos State is the body entitled to the exclusion of a…