JUMMAI HANNATU SANKEY, J.S.C (Delivering The Leading Judgement): This appeal is against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Jos Division delivered on 03-02-2015 which allowed the appeal and set aside the Judgment of the Federal High Court (trial Court) sitting in Jos.
The brief facts of the case before the trial Court are that the Appellant secured employment with the Respondent as an Accountant, which appointment was later confirmed in 1994. Thereafter, his appointment was again confirmed as a Principal Accountant in 1995. Sometime in 1999, the Provost of the Respondent dismissed the Appellant vide a letter of dismissal issued to him dated 29-04-1999. The dismissal was said to be upon the directive of General A. A. Abdulsalami, the then Head of State.
Irked by his dismissal, the Appellant approached the Jos Division of the Federal High Court by way of an Originating Summons seeking the resolution of one question, to wit:
1. "Whether the dismissal as signed by the Associate Professor…