PAUL ADAMU GALINJE, JCA (PJ) (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellants herein who were lecturers employed by the first Respondent, challenged their dismissal from the service of the 1st Respondent by the 2nd Respondent in their respective writ of summons and statements of claim before the High Court of Kwara State. Their respective suits were consolidated and heard together.
At the end of the trial, the learned trial Judge Folayan J, in a reserved and considered judgment held that the Appellants were wrongfully dismissed from service of the 1st Respondent. However she declined to order for their reinstatement as she awarded three (3) months salaries to each of the Appellants in lieu of notice, and other entitlements (not specified) they are due for as at the time the employment was brought to an end.
The Appellants are not satisfied with the decision of the lower court which was delivered on the 20/02/2012. Being aggrieved, they have brought this appeal through their notice of…