Appeal court affirms recall of 12 NSCDC personnel from Ekiti

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital on Tuesday, February 1, affirmed the decision of the National Industrial Court (NIC), which recalled 12 sacked personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Delivering judgment on Tuesday, the Judge struck out the appeal filed by the corps challenging the decision of the lower court.

A three-man panel upheld the respondents’ request and dismissed the appeal for lack of diligent prosecution.

The trial court ordered NSCDC to return the employment letters to the affected person and pay all arrears of their salaries.

The lost appeal was filed by NSCDC against the judgment by the National Industrial Court (NIC), reinstating 12 of its personnel who were wrongly dismissed.

NIC had, in a judgment on November 17, 2017, ordered the NSCDC to reinstate the sacked staff with their full emoluments from the time they were illegally dismissed.

The court restrained the NSCDC from further tampering with the employment of the affected personnel.

Dissatisfied with the judgment, the NSCDC, and Immigration and Prisons Service Board (who were respondents at the NIC) appealed the judgment but failed to diligently prosecute it.

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Newsflash Nigeria recalls that Ajisafe Adelaja and 11 others had sued the then Commandant-General, NSCDC, alleging unlawful termination of their employment.

They prayed the court to declare that the verbal and oral suspension of the claimants by the NSCDC was null, void and of no effect.

The claimants also sought an order directing the defendants to recall all the claimants to work and to also release the original copies of their letters of employment to them.

They also asked for an order of the court directing the defendants to immediately pay them all arrears of salaries from 2012 till date.

Speaking to Newsflash Nigeria after the court session, Opeyemi V Ogunremi, Counsel to the respondents expressed delight on the outcome of the case, adding that his clients had been exposed to hardship since 2012 when they were unlawfully sacked.

He, therefore, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to impress it on the Commandant-General of the corps to without delay affect the decision of the apex court.

Newsflash Nigeria further reports that the 12 personnel of the corps who were from Ekiti State command were seen dancing and thanking God for their legal victory in the premises of the court.

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