... and to prevent a miscarriage of justice. This application is made in the interest of substantive justice and will not occasion any prejudice to the Defendant/ Respondent, as parties have both joined issues on the subject. The Claimant/Applicant is willing to abide by any conditions this Honourable Court may impose, including allowing the Defendant/Respondent an opportunity to respond or cross-examine on the subject document if necessary. That the failure to include the said State ...

...rsquo;s organization. Claimant stated that by a Notice of Temporary Lay-off dated 29 October 2020, the Defendant requested the Claimant to stay at home without pay on the ground that the Defendant was renovating its Jakande, Lagos complex, being the outlet to which the Claimant was deployed at the time. Claimant further stated that by the mutual agreement of the parties, the temporary lay-off was to lapse on 31 December 2020, upon which the Claimant resumed duties with the Defendant. Although ...

...he application with written address, apply to the court to hear and determine the motion. However, by the provision of subrule 3, the court has a discretion to take such application together with the claimant’s substantive suit. It is in line with the provisor to the rule that the court directed that both the suit as it is pending, be taken along with the NPO and this court went further to say that it shall at the appropriate stage of the proceedings deal with the NPO and if necessary, ...

... application with written address, apply to the court to hear and determine the motion. However, by the provision of subrule 3, the court has a discretion to take such application together with the claimant’s substantive suit. It is in line with the provisor to the rule that the court directed that both the suit as it is pending, be taken along with the NPO and this court went further to say that it shall at the appropriate stage of the proceedings deal with the NPO and if necessary, ...

...not answered by the defendant and subsequently he abandoned his work in total breach of the contract which caused the claimant economic loss, unnecessary expenses, loss of patronage and cost of litigation. The defendant was served with Originating Processes by substituted means following the orders of this court sought and obtained by the claimant on 5/3/2025, despite this, the defendant neither entered appearance nor defended the suit.   DEFENDANT’S CASE The defendant i ...

...llowances and emoluments as contained in the letter of employment dated 7th June, 2001.   vi.              A DECLARATION that the Claimant is entitled to One Month's salary (as stated in the letter of appointment dated 7th June, 2001) in lieu of notice as a result of the Defendant’s unlawful termination of the Claimant’s employment without notice. vii.         &nb ...

...E CLAIMANT Claimant maintains in his averments that he was constructively discharged or dismissed from the employment by the Defendant when he was unjustly demoted without any disciplinary action prior to his demotion and he was issued warning letters after his demotion, even he was appreciated for performing excellently in discharge of his duty a month prior to his demotion. Claimant stated that his salary was reduced and he was subjected to unfair labour practice and further to t ...

...0.00 (Two Million Naira Only) as cost of this action.   The Defendant filed his its statement of Defence dated and filed on 5th of August,2024 a companied with all necessary processes. CASE OF THE CLAIMANT Claimant maintains in his averments that he was constructively discharged or dismissed from the employment by the Defendant when he was unjustly demoted without any disciplinary action prior to his demotion and he was issued warning letters after his demotion, even he w ...

...;   The Claimant/Applicant opened her case on the 10th day of March, 2025 and testified on her own behalf as sole witness. The witness tendered 13 documents which were marked into evidence as Exhibits OA 1– OA 13. 2.      One of the documents tendered by the witness showed the contributory insurance due to the Claimant and other members of staff. This document was marked into evidence as Exhibit OA 9. 3.      Upon cross exam ...

...to the Defendant/Respondent’s counter affidavit. In response, the Defendant/Respondent counsel Olumide Oyewole Esq, submitted that he filed 14 paragraphs counter affidavit on 19th May, 2025, deposed to by one Abdusalam O. Salam, a Legal practitioner in the law firm of ANDRIAS & CO (Legal Practitioners), counsel to the Defendant/Respondent, attached with one Exhibit. Accompanying the counter affidavit is a written address which counsel adopted as his argument. He adumbrated and submit ...

... and remains an employee entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges of Osun State Government. g) Whether the letters of the Ministry of Finance of Osun State Government dated 12th January, 2024 and 26th March, 2024 duly signed by one Wole Ajewole for Permanent Secretary terminating or purporting to terminate the employment of the Claimant as Director General and Chief Executive Officer of Osun State Debt Management Office is not ultra vires the termination powers of Osun State Governm ...

..., he requested his Solicitor to write and the letter was done on 14/12/2023. The letter was responded to by the defendant’s solicitor on 16/1/2024 asking the claimant to withdraw the letter failing which the defendant threatened to institute an action against the claimant. The defendant, then on 15/3/2024 sought for recovery of the premises which the claimant was in occupation. The defendant failed in the legal process of recovering the premises but instead, the defendant was said to hav ...

...averment contained that the claimant was not promoted in 2017 as claimed as the purported letter was forged. After all the claimant was investigated by the police in relation to some funds of the company and the claimant was joined to the charge now still pending before the court. The defendant counter-claims the sum paid for counsel to defend the suit and expenses of N5,000,000 and also N5,000,000 as general, punitive and exemplary damages. TRIAL Having stated the background o ...

... (twenty one) days and in Abuja for 2 (two) days) is wrongful, irregular, unwarranted and is violative of the Claimant’s right to dignity of his human person and right to personal liberty as respectively enshrined in Sections 34(1)(a) and 35(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as altered). 6.       AN ORDER directing the Defendant to pay to the claimant the sum of N25,000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million Naira) being general damages ...

...e comments and or reference about the Claimant to any person or persons including associates, business partners or future employers or regarding any enquiry about the Claimant during the period of his employment with the Defendant. vii.  AN ORDER directing the Defendant to refund to the Claimant the alleged tax liabilities in the sum of N1,054,029.76(One Million, Fifty-Four Thousand- and Twenty-Nine-naira, seventy-six kobo) which the Defendant wrongfully deducted from the Claimantâ ...

...nce about the Claimant to any person or persons including associates, business partners or future employers or regarding any enquiry about the Claimant during the period of his employment with the Defendant.  AN ORDER directing the Defendant to refund to the Claimant the alleged tax liabilities in the sum of N1,054,029.76(One Million, Fifty-Four Thousand- and Twenty-Nine-naira, seventy-six kobo) which the Defendant wrongfully deducted from the Claimant’s terminal benefits. A ...

...before the unlawful termination of his employment) for the period beginning from December 9, 2020, until his employment is properly terminated. vi.  AN ORDER restraining the Defendant whether by itself, its officers, servants, agents, privies, and or representatives or howsoever described from making any unwarranted negative comments and or reference about the Claimant to any person or persons including associates, business partners or future employers or regarding any enquiry abo ...

...ts as shown in Schedule 1 and paragraph 31; An Order for general damages in the sum of N6,000,000.00. An Order for 21% interest on judgement sum until final liquidation of same; and An Order for N1,000,000.00 cost of action against the Defendant. In providing the factual basis of the aforementioned claims, the Claimant in paragraphs 7, 8, and 9 of the Statement of Facts, averred that pursuant to a representation allegedly made by the Defendant in 2016, he accepted a new emplo ...

...In response to the defendant/applicant’s notice of preliminary objection, the claimant/respondent’s counsel filed a written address dated 21/1/2025 but filed on 23/1/2025. On 10/12/2025, when the matter came up for further hearing, counsel for the applicant, adopted his written submissions as his argument and urged the court to grant the application. In similar manner, the respondent’s counsel adopted his written address in response and against the application and urged this court ...

...ration that the Defendant’s severance of the Claimant’s employment was wrongful for failure to pay salary in lieu of notice and end-of-service severance entitlements to the Claimant as shown in Schedule 1 and paragraph 31 above.    iv.            An Order mandating the Defendant to immediately pay the Claimant the total sum of N6,810,896.99 as salary in lieu of notice and end-of-service benefits as shown in Schedule 1 ...

...nbsp;                 5th DEFENDANT/APPLICANT (FORMER SAGS NUSDE) 6. CHARLES NWACHUKWU                                               6th DEFENDANT/APPLICANT (FORMER SAGS NUSDE 7. ...

...mant was employed by the 1st defendant on 24/8/2010 as a Trainee Store Keeper and promoted to the position of Maintenance Operator vide a Letter dated 18/6/2012. Claimant until his resignation from the 1st defendant on3/1/2020, worked for approximately 9 years 5 months. Claimant contended his terms of employment are as contained in his letter of employment, job description and terms and conditions of employment of the defendants. That he is entitled to enjoy over time contributary pensions. Clai ...

...vers that while working as an employee in the Defendant’s work place had an accident with a machine which injured his cheek while his jaw and right hand (active hand) was badly injured that made the Defendant conveyed him to hospital where he was admitted and underwent serious surgery. The Claimant claims that the Defendant abandoned him at the Hospital and his salary was subsequently reduced by approximately 50% (that is, from N32,000 to N16,000) during the period of his being in the ho ...

... Naira Only) being the cost of this action. The defendant upon being served with the claimant’s processes, by leave of court sought for, and obtained on 21/5/2024 filed and served its statement of defence in contest to the claimant’s claim along with other accompanying processes dated 25/5/2023 and filed on 26/5/2023 encompassing the defendant’s Counterclaim. In the counterclaim, the counter-claimant seeks for the following reliefs against the claimant/defendant to the counter-cl ...