The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has voided the sack of Prof. Adeyemi Oluwagbemiga of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), by the management of the university.
A copy of the judgement made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Friday indicated that the court described the sack of the lecturer in the department of Demography and Social Statistics as “illegal, null and void and of no effect.”
It, therefore, ordered his re-instatement and that all payments due for him must be effected.
The suit number NICN/AK/64/2018 between the claimant and Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) , as defendant, was filed by Mrs Funmi Falana, T. Gbadamosi and Tolulope Aguda, on behalf of the plaintiff .
Delivering his judgement, Justice O. O. Oyewumi said the termination of claimant’s employment vide a letter dated October 31, 2018, from the employ of the defendant “is null and void, as well as unconstitutional.”
“The termination letter is hereby set aside and this shows that the claimant is still in the employ of the university. The claimant is entitled to be re-instated to his erstwhile position without any loss of seniority, rank and entitlements whatsoever.
“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 judge ruled.
The claimant was sacked on October 31, 2018, over alleged refusal to submit a research report to the defendant (FUOYE), for which they were given money to the tune of N1.685 million.
In the suit, the lawyers to the plaintiff sought a declaration that the claimant’s purported dismissal via letter dated October 31, 2018, is null and void and unconstitutional.
