P.H.C.N. PLC
V.
OFFOELO

MUHAMMAD JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): According to the amended statement of claim, the plaintiff at the Lagos State High Court of Justice, holden at Lagos (the trial court), is an electrical technologist and was employed by the defendant on 1 February 1966, as a technical officer. He has served in various parts of the country since his employment until his last posting to Benin Zonal Office in April, 1987 as an area commercial officer. The defendant, on the other hand, is a statutory corporation engaged in the generation, distribution and saleof electricity in Nigeria and elsewhere, with its headquarters at Marina, Lagos. The plaintiff averred that by the conditions of his employment and byvirtue of his gradeas aprincipal technical officer and serving as an undertaking manager since 1974, he was entitled to provision of residential accommodation. The plaintiff averred that hewas allocated a 3 bedroomed flat at No.155, Idowu Street, Olodi Apapa, Lagos for which, as a tenant, h…