UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN REGISTRAR UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN V. PROFESSOR E. A. ABE

AMAIZU, JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of Tsoho, J., of the Federal High Court, sitting at the Ilorin A division of the court. The judgment was delivered on the 7th day of May, 2001. The facts leading to this appeal as can be gleaned from the pleadings and the record of proceedings are as follows: The plaintiff, a professor was on the 17th August, 1994, appointed the Director of the Institute of Education of the University of Ilorin (herein after referred to as the Institute), for a period of three years. On the 5th of August, 1997, the appointment was renewed for another three years, By a letter dated 10th December, 1997 - exhibit 3 the acting Registrar of the University informed him that the - “Senate at its special meeting of Wednesday, 10th December, 1997 decided to set up a Committee to investigate all the results of the 1995/96 graduating students of the Institute of Education. In order to give the committee a free hand to do its wor…