DR. AJEWUMI BILI RAJI V. UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN & ORS

MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgement): This appeal is against the decision of the Court of Appeal, sitting at Ilorin, Coram: Aboyi John Ikongbeh, Tijjani Abdullahi and Helen Moronkeji, Ogunwumiju JJCA on 31st May, 2006.

In the said judgment the Court of Appeal, or Lower Court or Court below upheld the decision of the trial Court and dismissed the appeal to the effect that the employment of the appellant was rightly terminated by the respondents.

BACKGROUND FACTS:

The appellant joined the service of the 1st respondent University on 7th January, 1991 and by the year 2000 he had become a Senior Lecturer in English in the department of Modern European Languages, Faculty of Arts of the University.

In February, 2000, the appellant was awarded the Alexander Von Humboldt Research Fellowship tenable in the Federal Republic of Germany. The appellant thereupon applied for leave to utilize the external award from the Administration of the University. His application in th…