UWANI BAYANG AKAAHS, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal deals with the following four issues viz:
1. Whether the learned trial Judge was justified in declining to accord exhibit "17" (the Ad-Hoc Report) any evidential value
2. Whether the respondent was granted fair hearing before his dismissal from the appellant's establishment.
3. Whether from the circumstances of this case, the appellant is required to prove before the court the criminal allegation made against the respondent.
4. Having held that the respondent's employment was wrongfully terminated, is it right to award him salaries and allowances from October, 1992 to January, 2001?
Before considering the above issues which the appellant adumbrated in its brief of argument, it is necessary to give the background facts leading to the appeal.
The respondent was, until his interdiction on 6/10/87 (exhibit 1) and eventual dismissal on 18/2/88 (exhibit 3), a Senior Technical Officer (Electrical) on a salary of N5,11…