OKESOTO
V.
TOTAL NIGERIA PLC

(2010) JELR 45833 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/K/222/05 · 23 Mar 2010 · Nigeria

CORAM

MOHAMMED L. GARBA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria JOHN INYANG OKORO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria THERESA N. ORJI-ABADUA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

appellant

respondent

evidence

learned trial judge

issues

learned counsel

lower court

station manager

exhibits r1

exhibit n

exhibit u

furniture allowance

trial court

circumstances of this case

issue of housing

life issue

alleged receipt

appellant resignation

balance of n272,090.49k.

brief facts of the case

cases of fraud

court interest

decision of the defendant

end of the trial

entitlement benefits

exhibit qi

fannami v. bukar

following reliefs

iota of evidence

judgment of the kano state high court

justification of the said deductions

leading judgment

reasonable person

record shows

remaining portion of the appellant

respect of such anomaly

response exhibit n.

said sum of money

see tawakalitu bakare v

statement of claim

stations of the respondent

sum of n1,566,282.45

sum of n272,090.00

supervision of the appellant

total sum of n1,294,090.96

trial court fails

vide exhibits r1

JOHN INYANG OKORO, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Tani Yusuf Hassan, delivered on the 7th day of April, 2005, wherein judgment was entered for the plaintiff/Appellant in part in the sum of N272,090.00. The court however dismissed the remaining portion of the Appellant's claims before it.

A brief facts of the case are that the Appellant who was the plaintiff at the lower court was an employee of ELF Oil Nigeria Limited which company later merged with Total Nigeria PLC. By virtue of the merger, the company was then known and called Totalfina Elf Nigeria Ltd which company was the defendant at the lower court when the suit was filed. The Appellant was so employed by the Respondent in 1990 after one year of internship. There were cases of fraud and embezzlement in some stations of the Respondent under the supervision of the Appellant. After investigation, the Respondent asked the Appella…

OKESOTO V. TOTAL NIGERIA PLC

OKESOTO
V.
TOTAL NIGERIA PLC