The Nationwide Industrial Court docket (NIC), Ibadan Division, has ordered an organization, Shongai Applied sciences Restricted and its Operations Supervisor, Mr. Nasarvali Dudekeh, to pay one in all its sacked workers, Mr. Omene Andy Robinson, N6,142,816.
The cash serves as normal damages, earned entitlements, a penalty for illegal termination of appointment, and inhuman remedy meted out to Robinson in the midst of his obligation within the firm.
Robinson was a machine operator with the corporate.
The go well with was filed on his behalf by Femi Aborisade with Rasheedat Akinrinde earlier than Justice J.D. Peters.
The agency, which is the second defendant, was represented by Sir J. T. Ogunniyi with C. B. Ayankoso.
Judgment within the go well with marked NICN/AB/03/2020 was delivered on April 9, 2025.
In it, the decide held that the primary defendant, Dudekeh, as Operations Supervisor of the second defendant, harassed and maltreated the claimant whereas at work at about 3.20 p.m. on September 8, 2019.
The court docket additionally held that the primary defendant meted out slavish and cruel punitive measures on the claimant by slapping and beating him as a way of managerial management.
The decide famous that the claimant was hospitalised on the medical facility of the second defendant, Shirsh Medical Clinic, because of the violence.
The claimant, the decide declared, was handled for about 4 days within the hospital and incurred some bills on drugs.
The claimant additionally averred that the defendants have refused to pay him his month-to-month salaries and allowances and that he’s entitled to N812,646.00 as earned however unpaid salaries and bonus for December 2019.
He mentioned it began from the month of September 2019 until June 2020, when his employment was terminated with out discover and for no purpose.
He had prayed the court docket to carry “that the acts of the second defendant have been illegal, unlawful and represent unfair labour practices.”
Each the primary and second defendants, nonetheless, denied legal responsibility to the claimant.
The second defendant additionally made sure counterclaims.
The defendants, by means of Ogunniyi, argued that “the second defendant is just not vicariously liable to pay compensation and damages to the claimant in respect of the alleged assault of September 8, 2019, allegedly dedicated by the primary defendant in opposition to the claimant within the manufacturing facility.
“A declaration that the claimant, having deserted his obligation submit within the employment of the second defendant, stays at house and refuses to work and carry out his obligation since September 2019 until June 2020, is just not entitled to be paid the sum of N812,646 being salaries and entitlements for that interval throughout which he didn’t work.
“That the alleged assault was framed up.”
The second defendant, subsequently, sought N1 million in opposition to the claimant being the bills incurred by the second defendant in defending the go well with initiated by the claimant.
However Robinson disagreed, asking the court docket for “a declaration that the defendants are answerable for the slavish remedy.”
He additionally prayed for a declaration that the claimant is entitled to compensation by the defendants for damages suffered, demanding to be paid the sum of N812,646 in earned however unpaid entitlement from September 2019 to June 24, 2020, in addition to N6 million damages, amongst others.
In his judgment, Justice Peters dismissed all of the counterclaims sought by the defendants for lack of proof, cogent, credible and admissible proof.
The court docket subsequently ordered the second defendant to pay the claimant the sum of N812,646 in earned however unpaid entitlement from September 2019 to 24 June 2020.
“I hereby order the second defendant to pay the claimant the sum of N78,176 being one month’s wage in lieu of discover, which the second defendant didn’t pay earlier than terminating the claimant for no said purpose and with speedy impact.
“I additionally order the primary and second defendants collectively and severally to pay the claimant particular damages within the sum of N52,000 for drug purchases on October 19, 2019 and November 9, 2019.
“The defendants are ordered, collectively and severally, to pay the claimant the sum of N5,000,000 as normal damages for the acts of harassment at work, slavish and inhumane remedy by slapping and beating the claimant by the primary defendant,” the decide declared.
As well as, the defendants have been additionally ordered to pay to the claimant the price of submitting the go well with, assessed at N200,000 solely.
