The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Lagos Division, has ordered a bank to withdraw the dismissal of a former employee, Mr Tajudeen Balogun, and awarded him N5.5m in damages after finding that the bank wrongfully terminated his employment based on incorrect information supplied by Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
Justice Maureen Esowe, who delivered judgment in Suit No. NICN/LA/471/2022, held that the bank breached its disciplinary procedures and denied the claimant a fair hearing before dismissing him over allegations linked to discrepancies in his academic records.
The court also awarded N500,000 as costs of litigation in favour of Balogun.
“The defendant breached the terms contained in its staff handbook and denied the claimant fair hearing,” Justice Esowe held, adding that the dismissal was founded on an allegation of certificate forgery that was never disclosed to the claimant or subjected to any disciplinary process.
Balogun, through his counsel, Gbenga Paseda & Associates,
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