JIMI OLUKAYODE BADA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the Judgment of the High Court of Justice, Edo State of Nigeria, Benin Judicial Division in Suit No: - B/742/2000 - J. A. OBAYAGBONA AND COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, EKIADOLOR and 2 ORS delivered on 4th day of June, 2010 wherein Judgment was given in favour of the Plaintiff/Respondent and he was ordered to be reinstated to his position as Principal Assistant Registrar.
Briefly, the facts of the case are that the Plaintiff now referred to as Respondent instituted an action against the Defendants now Appellants in 1995 and claimed jointly and severally against the Defendants/Appellants as follows: -
(I) A declaration that the purported termination of the Plaintiff??s appointment as Principal Assistant Registrar (Admissions and Records) in the service of the 1st Defendant by a letter Ref No CEB/PC325/167 of 31st March 1995 signed by the 3rd Defendant is irregular, unconstitutional and in breach of the rules …