Court orders reinstatement of sacked FUOYE lecturer – TheNigerialawyer

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal
Capital Territory, has ordered the immediate reinstatement of a
lecturer of Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof. Adeyemi
Oluwagbemiga, who was sacked by the management.

In his judgment, Justice O. O. Oyewumi, declared the sack of the
lecturer in the Department of Demography and Social Statistics as
illegal, null, void and of no effect.

The suit, number NICN/AK/64/2018 filed by Mrs Funmi Falana, T.
Gbadamosi and Tolulope Aguda, on behalf of the plaintiff, Prof
Oluwagbemiga, had FUOYE as a defendant.

In the judgment, a copy of which was made available to
journalists in Ado Ekiti on Friday, the court said the termination
of claimant’s employment through a letter dated 31st October 2018
from FUOYE “is hereby set aside and this shows that the claimant is
still in the employ of the university.”

Justice Oyewumi held “That the claimant is entitled to be
reinstated to his erstwhile position without any loss of seniority,
rank and entitlements whatsoever.

“That the defendant is restrained from further interfering with
the claimant’s rights, privileges and performance of his duties as
an associate professor in the defendant (FUOYE).”

The claimant was sacked on October 31, 2018 over alleged refusal
to submit a research report to FUOYE, for which they were given
money to the tune of N1.685 milion.

In the suit, the lawyers to the plaintiff had sought a
declaration that the claimant’s purported dismissal through a
letter dated 31st October, 2018 was null and void and
unconstitutional and as well a declaration that the claimant was
still in the employment of the defendant.

The plaintiff had also sought an order directing the defendant
to reinstate the claimant “to his status as an Associate Professor
without prejudice to his entitlements and promotions, which may
have accrued to him during the period of his purported
dismissal

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