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FUOYE appeals court judgement on sacked lecturer

FUOYE appeals court judgement on sacked lecturer

By Victor Akinkuolie Ado-Ekiti
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The management of  the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), has challenged the judgement of the National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, which ordered the reinstatement of its sacked lecturer, Dr. Ezekiel Oluwagbemiga.

The National Industrial Court (NIC), sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital, had on November 12, 2019, faulted Adeyemi’s sack as FUOYE’s employee and mandated the Governing Council of the institution to reverse the action with immediate effect.

The presiding judge of the NIC, Justice Oyewumi O.O, also directed the management of the institution to pay all his entitlements up to date from the day he was sacked.

Adeyemi, who was a claimant at the Lower Court was sacked by the university in 2017 , which prompted him to approach the NIC through his lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), to seek redress, and eventually he got favourable judgement .

But the institution (Appellant), in a Notice of Appeal with suit number: NICN/AK/64/2018, filed at the Court of Appeal, Akure Division, and made available to journalists in Ado-Ekiti,  faulted the verdict of the Lower Court, and prayed  for a reversal.

The appeal was filed by Messrs M.T.Abari, D.I. Adesina, M.M.Sanni and Clement Auche, on behalf of the Appellant(FUOYE).

The reliefs sought from the court of Appeal include, ‘ an order allowing the appellant to appeal the judgement and an order setting aside the lower court’s decision upholding the claimant’s complaints.

The Appellant also sought an order dismissing the claimant’s relief that he should be recalled back to work by the university as granted by the lower court.

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On the fear by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that non-implementation of the NID’s judgement showed that the sacked lecturer was being victimised, his Lawyer , Barr. Ahmed Gbadamasi of the Falana & Falana Chambers in Lagos, said the university had taken the right decision by appealing the judgement.

“FUOYE has not breached any law by not implementing the judgement before going on appeal. The only way such insinuation could emerge is if the university as delaying the appeal, because justice delayed is justice denied.

“So, the appeal must be given expeditious trial, so that the respondent won’t be denied justice”, he said.

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