...and urged the Court to dismiss the NPO. Thereafter, learned OGUINE went ahead to rely on the AS and the FA, and adopted the WA in support of the MNII and urged the Court to grant the interlocutory injunction and thereafter, the learned IDIH, of counsel to the defendants, adopted the WA in support of the CA against the MNII and urged the Court to dismiss the MNII. The case was thereafter adjourned to Nov 18, 2025 for consolidated rulings on the two applications. As the decision was not ready ...

...N that the claimant’s employment duration with the defendant for a period of 9 (nine) years 10 (ten) months is capable of being approximated or aggregated to 10 (ten) years of continuous unbroken employment, pursuant to Clause 10.8.2 and 10.8.3 of the defendant’s Ecobank Human Resources Policies and Procedures of April, 2016, as to entitle claimant to gratuity payment under the gratuity scheme at the sum of N4,110,000 (four million, one hundred and ten thousand, and five hundred Nair ...

...ighty-nine thousand seven hundred naira) only from the date of judgment until the whole sum is liquidated. Costs of litigating this suit. N10,000,000.00 (Ten million naira) only being general damages suffered by the Claimant as a result of the Defendants’ refusal to pay him his due salaries, outstanding approved out of pocket expenditures and huge sums of money collected under deceit by the Defendants from the Claimant’s salary.   The defendants filed Amended State ...

...nd every such particulars of the payroll, shall be liable to imprisonment or fine and or both imprisonment and fine, jointly and severally?  Having regard to the combined provisions of Sections 53(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) and (7) and 54(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) and (g) of the Employees’ Compensation Act, 2010 whether an Officer of the Claimant or any person authorized thereby, at any time and at all reasonable hours, can enter the Defendant’s workplace with or without warrant or no ...

...o general and special damages under the circumstances of this case.   RELIEFS SOUGHT: A DECLARATION that by virtue of the defendant’s letter dated 29.06.2021, signed by its Adekunle Adewuyi (head of human resources), claimant was an employee of the defendant for 7 (seven) years and 8 (eight) months before the defendant validly terminated the claimant’s employment on 01.06.2021. A DECLARATION that Clause 11.2.2 and 2nd leg of Clause 11.2.4(b) of the defendant&rsqu ...

...enough and resumed work before he was laid off and therefore, not incapacitated, and can still work and earn a decent living. The defendant counterpleaded the claimant's reliefs that he was not entitled to anything. Thus, ended summary of the pleadings, as the claimant did not file Reply. I move to summary of proceedings.   SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS             The case first came up before me Jul 20, 2022 and subsequently came up few other times ...

...            The claimant pleaded Ebonyi State University [EBSU] issued him a letter of temporary appointment Jan 19, 2015 and he resumed duty Jan 26, 2015 and he discharged his duties thereafter without blemish and that; subsequently, he was appointed by the 1st defendant Oct 5, 2015 and he immediately submitted his resignation letter to Ebonyi State University [EBSU] at the receipt of the appointment letter from the 1st defendant Nov 7, 2015, wh ...

... 2013. A DECLARATION that the 3rd Respondent having been convicted of offences involving conspiracy, forgery and impersonation, is no longer qualified under Section 6(1) of the Code of Practice of the Amended Constitution of Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria, 2013, to hold office as the Chairman of the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria, Ebonyi State Chapter of South East Zone.  A DECLARATION that the persistence printing of tickets by the ...

...ped March 2019 by the 2nd defendant without reason and that he also issued him an irregular query Jun 2019, which he answered. He pleaded that all efforts to inquire why his salary was not paid including, through petition to the National Human Rights Commission [NHRC] yielded no result. The claimant pleaded that Dec 5, 2019, he received an SMS to appear on 10th before a committee without telling him the allegation and he appeared and was told to withdraw his petition to the NHRC against the CMD ...

...Court. The Court directed the claimant’s learned counsel to put a call on speaker across to the learned counsel to the 3rd defendant [ABIAZIE ELECHUKWU], as to what to do with the TS, and the learned counsel ABIAZIE ELECHUKWU, to the hearing of the Court prayed that the TS be deemed adopted for him. Accordingly, the Court deemed the TS filed May 8, 2025 duly adopted by him for the 2nd and 3rd defendants and called upon the claimant’s learned counsel to proceed to adopt the TS.  ...

...Court. The Court directed the claimant’s learned counsel to put a call on speaker across to the learned counsel to the 3rd defendant [ABIAZIE ELECHUKWU], as to what to do with the TS, and the learned counsel ABIAZIE ELECHUKWU, to the hearing of the Court prayed that the TS be deemed adopted for him. Accordingly, the Court deemed the TS filed May 8, 2025 duly adopted by him for the 2nd and 3rd defendants and called upon the claimant’s learned counsel to proceed to adopt the TS.  ...

... 2013. A DECLARATION that the 3rd Respondent having been convicted of offences involving conspiracy, forgery and impersonation, is no longer qualified under Section 6(1) of the Code of Practice of the Amended Constitution of Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria, 2013, to hold office as the Chairman of the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria, Ebonyi State Chapter of South East Zone.  A DECLARATION that the persistence printing of tickets by the ...

...e Claimant with impunity. And for such other orders or further orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit and proper to make in the circumstances of this case.  The defendants filed Statement of Defence [SD] against the above Mar 30, 2022, and the claimant replied it by Reply to Statement of Defence [RSD] filed Apr 20, 2023. Thus, issues were completely joined between the parties. My next duty is summary of the pleadings.   SUMMARY OF THE GRIEVANCES A: Claimant’s Gri ...

...liefs claimed, which had been set out earlier. That ended the ASMF. I move to the SDCC.   B: Summary of the Statement of Defence and Counter Claim The defendant counterpleaded para 3 of the SMF that the claimant was only qualified to be engaged as contract staff, having originally retired from the Nigerian Police Force [NPF] and that; the defendant only failed to state this in the appointment letter because, that is its tradition. The defendant counterpleaded the commendation pleaded by ...

...ble Court to enter for them as consent judgment in this suit.   Parties Agreed As Follows: The Defendants shall pay the Claimant the sum of N3,000,000.00 (Three Million Naira) as full and final settlement of the entirety of reliefs as sought by the Claimant both in the main and in the alternative in this suit. Parties voluntarily and conscientiously agreed to this terms [sic] of settlement and shall be bound by it. The parties, through their counsel shall urge t ...

...ble Court to enter for them as consent judgment in this suit.   Parties Agreed As Follows: The Defendants shall pay the Claimant the sum of N3,000,000.00 (Three Million Naira) as full and final settlement of the entirety of reliefs as sought by the Claimant both in the main and in the alternative in this suit. Parties voluntarily and conscientiously agreed to this terms [sic] of settlement and shall be bound by it. The parties, through their counsel shall urge t ...

...r Staff, he was a member of Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions [ASSBIFI], which entered into Collective Agreement [CA] with Nigeria Employers’ Association of Banks, Insurance and Allied Institutions (NEABIAI) in 2005 and that; this CA is applicable to the cause of action herein. He pleaded that his terminal benefits of N5,670,650.94, which accrued in 2003, was not paid timely and he was still short-paid by N655,594.78 when paid in 2013 and that; ...

...ther.  The NPO was heard May 29, 2025 and adjourned to Jul 2, 2025 for ruling but it was not ready on this date and was for that reason adjourned sine die and when it became ready, date was communicated to the learned counsel to both parties. Having done with the introduction, the next thing is summary of the processes.   SUMMARY OF THE PROCESSES A: The NPO, Affidavit in Support, and Written Address The two grounds of the NPO were that: 1. The claimant’s counsel could not co ...

...N5,670,650.94, which accrued in 2003, was not paid timely and he was still short-paid by N655,594.78 when paid in 2013 and that; this means the defendant-Bank was trading with his money. He pleaded that the defendant’s business, being, to trade with depositors’ money and pay them interest, that his funds illegally withheld generated interest of N1,109,327.38 within the period in issue and that; he claims the compounded interest on the N1,109,327.38 as his funds with the compounded interest r ...

...nt’s Senior Staff, he was a member of Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions [ASSBIFI], which entered into Collective Agreement [CA] with Nigeria Employers’ Association of Banks, Insurance and Allied Institutions (NEABIAI) in 2005 and that; this CA is applicable to the cause of action herein. He pleaded that his terminal benefits of N5,670,650.94, which accrued in 2003, was not paid timely and he was still short-paid by N655,594.78 when paid i ...

... and that his Statement of Account showed the last time he was paid.He pleaded he has been passing through hardship since the stoppage of his salary for which reason he filed this suit claiming the reliefs earlier reproduced above. That ends summary of the SF. I move to summary of the SD.   B:α3rd Defendant's Statement of Defence The 2ndα3rddefendant counterpleaded that, the 2nd defendant once served as priest in the Branch in issue while the 3rd is the pr ...

...e point of retirement, he calculated the accumulated unpaid leave bonuses to be commuted to cash in accordance with the Collective Agreement [CA] between the Nigerian Employers Association Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Allied Institutions [NEABIAI] and the Association of Senior Staff of Banks Insurance and Allied Institutions [ASSBIFI] but the defendant refused to pay the accumulated unpaid leave allowances in his terminal benefits. He pleaded that he wrote to the ...

... was transferred from Enugu to Lagos, and she needed to be in Enugu to enable her attend to her family. The claimant pleaded that, while she exhibited great expertise, her colleagues exhibited lack of expertise in the same job and, there was acute lack of facilities to do the job. She also pleaded pervasive hostile, factious and rancorous working environment, exacerbated by the MD’s style of leadership, but she cleverly navigated these and did her job.  She pleaded that she was made ...

...2015).     (4) AN ORDER, DIRECTING the 1st and 2nd Defendants   jointly and             severally to pay the Claimant the sum of           N975,000.00 (Nine             Hundred     and Seventy Five            Thousand Naira) being arrears of             salaries and         &nbs ...