National Industrial Court of Nigeria approves virtual proceedings for matter between Suspended Director and OGFZA
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The National Industrial Court of Nigeria has affirmed virtual proceedings for the suspended manager of the Federal Government-owned Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority , Funmilayo Omosule in the suit challenging his alleged unlawful suspension from office.
Omosule is to give evidence from his new base in the United States of America with the aid of the newly introduced virtual proceedings.
Although the matter was slated for April 4th, the National Industrial Court of Nigeria was forced to shift the date to May 24th following the absence of federal government counsel in Court.
Counsel to the plaintiff, Dr. Tunji Abayomi while speaking with newsmen in the court premises said “Lawyer Erokoro applied to the court for adjournment, notwithstanding that they consented to this date for virtual hearing”.
He said “we didn’t actually get a formal notice contrary to the rules guiding professional practice and I raised this before the court”.
“We should have gone on and we are ready to go on”, Abayomi added.
Omosule who is the claimant in the suit is seeking the sum of Fifty Million Naira as damages over his alleged unlawful suspension.
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