OREDOLA JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The respondent herein was employed as a security guard level 2-2 in the services of the 1st and 2nd appellants on 1 October 1998. Confirmation of his employment took effect from 1 April 1999. The said employment was withdrawn with effect from 18 March 2005. The respondentwas paid the sum of N240,531.37 (two hundred and forty thousand, five hundred and thirty-one naira, thirty- seven kobo) as his full entitlement upon his discharge from the said employment. The respondent maintained that the sum of N641,583.68 (six hundred and forty-one thousand, five hundred and eighty-three naira, sixty- eight kobo) was hisdue entitlement and he approached the appellants through his solicitors in respect thereof. Upon being rebuffed by the appellants, the respondent instituted an action against the appellants by way of undefended list procedure, at the High Court of Justice, Cross River State, holden at A Calabar, in his bid to recover the outstanding bal…