A. M. MUKHTAR, J.S.C (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The case of the plaintiff, (who is now the respondent) in the High Court of Oyo State holden in Ibadan, is that he was employed as a clerical officer by the defendant (who is now the appellant), in 1974. He was appointed an Assistant Secretary in 1981, after obtaining a degree on study leave without pay between 1977 and 1980, and thereafter he was promoted to the post of Assistant Secretary 1 , a post in which his duties included disbursement of money. In 1986 he was given a query by the management of the defendant for alleged irregularities in the disbursement of cash advance granted to him. A sub-committee was set up to investigate the irregularities, and he made written memorandum, which the committee considered, and recommended that the plaintiff be warned. In 1987, a Ministerial Administrative Panel of Inquiry into the affairs of the defendant visited the defendant, and the 1986 irregularities were again raised before the pa…