Human Right lawyer, Femi Falana on Friday said that the sacking of 788 medical doctors by the Lagos State government is illegal and cannot stand.

The renowned lawyer disclosed this while speaking as a guest in Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily.

“That can’t stand, it wouldn’t stand,” Mr Falana said.

He said the Lagos State governor, as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) knows that the sacking of the doctors cannot stand.

Mr Falana said since the Lagos state government has always taken the Federal government to court for violating the rule of law with matter pertaining to Local government fund, creation of local government, town planning law in the state and the extension of tenure of Local government, it will be mindful of violating the rule of law with regards to sacking the doctors.

The Lagos state government had on Monday dismissed 788 medicals doctors in the Lagos State public service over their persistence with an ‘illegal strike’, and refusal to answer a query over a warning strike.

The state government also announced the employment of 373 doctors for immediate deployment in the public hospitals while recruitment continues.
The doctors’ dismissal was authorised by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Board and the State’s Health Service Commission (HSC), following an illegal strike embarked upon by the doctors since April 16, 2012.