* Holds commission can’t rely on invalid staff handbook to dismiss employee
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has dismissed an appeal filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against its former employee, Abraham Akoji Abutu, affirming that his dismissal from service was unlawful.
The decision was delivered by Justice Okon Abang, sitting as a member of a three-man panel of the Court of Appeal in Appeal No. CA/ABJ/CV/563/2023.
The judgment formed part of a remarkable body of work delivered by the jurist, who handed down five judgments on the same day apart from the instant appeal, and comes on the heels of a previous quarter in which he delivered more than 28 judgments, underscoring a level of judicial industry that has increasingly distinguished him on the contemporary appellate bench.
Upholding the judgment of the National Industrial Court (NIC), the Court of Appeal affirmed that Abutu’s dismissal was null and void and ordered his reinstatement.
