CORAM
M.L. UWAIS, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
UMARUATU KALGO JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
M.E. OGUNDARE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
E.O. OGWUEGBU, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
U. MOHAMMED, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
ADOLPHUS GODWIN KARIBI-WHYT, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
ALHAJI LASISI YUSUF APPELLANTS
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA LTD RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The plaintiff’s claims declaration that the plaintiff’s purported dismissal by the defendants was wrongful, null and void, an order that the plaintiff be reinstated in his employment and position as a staff of the defendants, an order that the plaintiff be paid arrears of his salary and entitlements from the date of his purported dismissal to the date of judgment of this suit.
HELD
APPEAL DISMISSED ?
ISSUES
None.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
EMPLOYEE RIGHTS TO FAIR HEARING BEFORE DISMISSAL
It is my considered view that before an employer can dispense with the services of his employee under the common law all he needs to do is to afford the employee an opportunity of being heard before exercising his power of summary dismissal, even where the allegation for which the employee is being dismissed involves accusation of crime
CASES CITED
None.
STATUTES REFERRED TO
None.
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