Court orders reinstatement of UNIBEN staff
A National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has declared
that the letter of termination of Mr.Neville Obakhedo’s appointment by
the authorities of the University of
Benin, UNIBEN, as a lecturer of the
institution was unlawful, null and void.
The court, in its judgment by Justice O.O Oyewumi, also held that the
former Vice – Chancellor, Prof Osayuki Oshodin’s security alert issued
against Mr. Obakhedo and some other persons was false, spurious and thus
discountenanced.
It will be recalled that Obakhedo’s appointment was terminated
following an allegation that he and other persons planned to set parts
of the university on fire and disrupted the NUGA games hosted by the
university.
The court ordered the University of Benin to forthwith reinstate the
claimant to its employment and pay his salary, emoluments and all other
entitlements without any loss of seniority or rank.
According to Justice Oyewumi, “The claimant is entitled to his
promotion upon the fulfilment of the procedure as stated in Chapter 111
of Exhibit NO3. Therefore, defendant is to forthwith set in motion the
machinery for the promotion of the claimant to lecturer 1 and Senior
lecturer respectively.”
SOURCE: Vanguardngr
