CORAM
ADOLPHUS GODWIN KARIBI-WHYTE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
OKAY ACHIKE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
SAMSON ODEMWINGIE UWAIFO, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT.
PARTIES
RAYMOND S. DONGTOE APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appointment of Appellant, a permanent and pensionable employee of the Plateau State Government service was terminated by the 1st Respondent on behalf of his employers
HELD
The action brought by Appellant under the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules, 1979 against the Respondents is inappropriate. Appeal dismissed with cost.
ISSUES
1) “Whether the Appellant was right in commencing the proceedings leading to this appeal by an application under the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules Cap. 62 Laws of the Federation 1990,in a case of dismissal of employment.2) Whether against the appellant amounted to an allegation of crime he was not entitled to be tried in a Court of law before being subjected to disciplinary proceeding?
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
F.C.S.C. v. Laoye-(1989) 2 NWLR (Pt. 106) 652.”Obikoya v. Registrar of Companies (1975) 4 SC.31Bronik Motors Ltd. v. Wema Bank (1983) 1 SCNLR. 296Timitimi v. Amabebe (1953) 14 WACA. 374
STATUTES REFERRED TO
Section 138(1) of the Evidence Act6(6)(b) of the 1979 ConstitutionS. 42(1),(2) and (3) of the Constitution 1979