<p>ITA GEORGE MBABA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the Federal High Court, Owerri, in Suit No. FHC/UMCS/107/2003, delivered on 11/7/2011 by Hon. Justice E.A. Olubanjo, wherein the Court dismissed the Claims of the Plaintiff (now Appellant) in its entirety.</p><p>At the Lower Court, the Appellant, by originating summons, had filed the Suit on 26th June, 2003, seeking some reliefs, but the Suit was subsequently tried on the basis of pleadings, when Hon. Justice S. Yahaya on 20/11/2007 ordered pleadings, based on the Ruling that the facts were contentious requiring pleadings and oral evidence. Parties filed their written depositions and called witnesses.</p><p>In the main, Appellants claims against Defendants (now Respondents) were reliefs for payment of her full retirement benefits, which she said were short paid, and for immediate commencement of her pension payments, upon her retirement, deferred by her employers (Defendants) till she attained the age…</p>