Judge recuses self from Lagos Country Club leadership suit

Federal High Court Judge Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa has withdrawn himself from a legal dispute involving the Lagos Country Club's leadership. This came after plaintiff Babatunde Fashanu, SAN, requested his recusal from the case. On October 29, 2026, the judge cited the plaintiff's expressed lack of confidence in his impartiality as the reason for his decision.

Fashanu had previously won a consent judgement in an earlier suit, which the current plaintiff argues endorses the actions of the club's leadership. The judge's recusal means that the case file has been returned to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court for reassignment. The plaintiff is seeking an order to nullify certain administrative actions, executive decisions, committee appointments, and electoral processes that were undertaken under the authority of the challenged judgement.