HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU, J.C.A (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of Hon. Justice Adamu Hobon of the Federal High Court, Benin City delivered on 29th June, 2010. The facts leading to this appeal are as follows:
The Plaintiff now Appellant in this appeal was employed as Graduate Trainee (Geophysics) by the 2nd Defendant via a letter of employment dated 27/5/2002. He was posted to the 1st Defendant a subsidiary of the 2nd Defendant after his appointment. He was subsequently transferred by the 1st Defendant to the Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (hereafter called NAE) on 22/5/2004 to work as a Secondee pursuant to a Secondment Agreement which the 1st Defendant had with NAE. The Plaintiff later disengaged from the service of the Defendants on 7/9/2007 and was paid the sum of N3, 111,495.51 as his terminal benefit. However, the Plaintiff claimed that the Secondment allowance (being the sum of US $465, 000) to which he was entitled as a Secondee u…