GOVERNOR, EKITI STATE & ORS
V.
KOLADE

BALKISU BELLO ALIYU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the National Industrial Court, Akure Judicial Division (trial Court) delivered on the 18th November, 2019 in respect of Suit NO: NICN/AK/O5/2019 filed by the Respondent as the Claimant against the Appellants being the Defendants. The said suit was filed vide a writ of summons accompanied with a statement of claim containing the facts that gave rise to the claim. The Respondent was the Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and later Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ekiti state, appointed by the Appellants between July 2015 to October 2018 vide letters of appointment to that effect. The appointment was tenured and upon the terms and conditions of service, including salaries and allowances stated in the letters of appointment. The Respondent claimed before the trial Court that all through the tenure of his appointment, the Appellants only kept faith to …