IN THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT OF NIGERIA
IN THE LAGOS JUDICIAL DIVISION
HOLDEN AT LAGOS
BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP HON. JUSTICE J. D. PETERS
DATE: JANUARY 18, 2018
SUIT NO: NICN/LA/100/2015
BETWEEN
Tunde Ayoola-Johnson
Claimant
AND
- 1004 Estates Limited
- Shofolawe Bakare & Co.
Defendants
REPRESENTATION:
- Akolade for the Claimant.
O.O.N. Olabisi with F.N. Ogbeide & E.O. Eluyefa for the 1st Defendant.
Olamide Aleshinloye with D.O. Aluko for the 2nd Defendant.
JUDGMENT
- Introduction & Claims
The Claimant, by a General Form of Complaint dated and sealed on 25th of March, 2015 and Statement of Facts dated the same day sought the following reliefs against the Defendants –
- A declaration that in view of the facts and circumstances of the performance of the contract of employment by the parties, the 1stand 2nd Defendants are joint/common employers of the claimant.
- A declaration of this Honourable Court that the indefinite suspension of the Claimant from the services of the Defendants without recourse to the terms of his employment and without any indictment for wrongdoing is unlawful and amounts to a wrongful termination of his contract of employment.
- An order of this Honourable Court compelling the Defendants to pay to the Claimant the sum of =N=150,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) being the monthly salary from 1stJune 2014 when he was suspended indefinitely until the contract of employment is properly terminated or until judgment is granted in this suit.
- An order of this Honourable Court compelling the Defendants to pay the sum of =N=107,000 representing his accumulated allowances from June 2014 to date.
- An order of this Honourable court awarding the sum of =N=150,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) to the Claimant as damages for wrongful dismissal without the one month notice stipulated in the contract of employment.
- An order of this Honourable Court compelling the 1stDefendant to pay the sum of =N=5,000,000.00 (Five Million Naira) as general damages for the harassment, unlawful detention and malicious persecution of the Claimant by the police on the prompting of the 1st Defendant.
- Interest on the above sums at the prevailing commercial rate from 26/1/15 when demand was made for them until the date of judgment in this suit and thereafter at the rate of 10% until liquidation of the judgment debt.
- The costs of this action as may be assessed by the court.
