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S. O. UWAIFO, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division, on 7 June, 1993, gave judgment on an appeal from a rather simple suit decided by Agora J. on 4 September, 1987, sitting at the High Court, Minna. A number of issues were raised on that appeal: three were in respect of an alleged wrongful termination of employment and five in respect of defamation said to emanate from the letter which conveyed the termination. It thus meant that the suit was based on two causes of action whereof in the amended statement of claim the plaintiff finally claimed the following reliefs:
"(a) Declaration that the defendant's purported termination of plaintiff's appointment on 1st June. 1984 by virtue of defendant's letter of that date was wrong in law, null and void and of no effect.
(b) Order on the defendant to re-instate the plaintiff to the former position in the defendant's employment before the wrong (sic) termination with all necessary entitlements that would hav…