ADZIRA GANA MSHELIA. J.C.A, (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Justice Benue State sitting at Gboko Judicial Division delivered by Ikyegh J. on the 28th day of March 2003.
The brief facts leading to this appeal are as stated by the appellant. The appellant herein was employed by the respondent as a messenger on 01/01/1987. He rose through the ranks to the position of sales clerk in 1995, when he was subsequently posted to respondent company's satellite cement depot at Vandeikya town in Benue state. His duties as sales clerk included recording of authority to pay and authority to collect cement consignments sent to the depot from respondent company's head office, at Gboko, Benue State and preparation of sales summary of all sales transaction of respondent company at the said satellite depot. On the 17/03/1995, the store keeper of the respondent company serving at the Vandeikya depot received a consignment of 30 tones (600) bag…