The National Industrial Court in Abuja has been asked to reverse the sack of 114 lecturers of the Kogi State University (KSU).
The request is contained in a suit the lecturers filed through their lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN).
At the last hearing of the case on Friday, the court presided over by Justice Rakiya Haastrup admitted 345 exhibits, primarily documents, tendered by the claimants’ lawyer, Femi Adedeji (who held Falana’s brief).
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While tendering the exhibits through the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), KSU branch, Dr Daniel Oluwagbemiga Aina, Adedeji said the documents formed the fulcrum of the case of the 114 lecturers against their unlawful sack by the institution.
Adedeji urged the court to painstakingly examine all the exhibits and order the restoration of the lecturers to work in the interest of justice and fair play.
Lawyers to the defendants Wisdom Caleb (for the school) and Abbas Kamarudeen (for the state’s Attorney-General) said they would decide whether or not to object to the admission of the documents at the final address stage.
The lecturers prayed the Court to order the school for payment of all their salary arrears and allowances.
The claimants are also seeking an order of perpetual injunction, restraining the university and its agents from ejecting them from their respective offices and residents.
