OBANDE FESTUS OGBUINYA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal queries the correctness of the decision of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), holden in Lagos (hereinafter addressed as "the lower Court"), coram judice: B.B. Kanyip, J. (now-PNICN), in Suit No. NIC/LA37/2010, delivered on 2nd December, 2013. Before the lower Court, the appellant and the respondents were the claimant and the defendants respectively.
The facts of the case, which transformed into the appeal, are amenable to brevity and simplicity. The appellant, which carries on the business of oil and petroleum exploration in Nigeria, had "outstanding contracts" with the first respondent, a duly registered Trade Union, whereby it provided unskilled and semi-skilled workers to the appellant. The second respondent provided the services of drivers to the appellant at its requests. In June, 2010, members of the second respondent were unionized. The second respondent was unresponsive to the alleged un…