JIBRIN
V.
NEPA

(2003) JELR 44884 (CA)    

Court of Appeal  ·  CA/A/57/2001 ·  2 May 2003 ·  Nigeria
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Jibrin v. N.E.P.A. [2004] 2 NWLR (Pt.856)210
CORAM
GEORGE ADESOLA OGUNTADE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ZAINAB ADAMU BULKACHUWA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
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ZAINAB ADAMU BULKACHUWA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant as plaintiff before the Federal High Court, Abuja, initiated this action by a writ of summons, filed on the 6th September, 1995 and vide his amended statement of claim filed on the 1st of April, 1996, claimed the following reliefs:

1. A declaration that the purported dismissal of the plaintiff from the service of the Nigerian Electric Power Authority by the defendant is illegal, null and void.

2. A declaration that the plaintiff is still in the employment of the Nigerian Electric Power Authority.

3. An order of the court compelling the defendant to reinstate the plaintiff to his status as an employee of the defendant without prejudice to his entitlements and promotions which might have accrued to him during the period of his dismissal.

4. An order of the court compelling the defendant to pay all the plaintiff's salary and the entitlements in arrears from July, 1994 when his salary was stopped to February,…

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