Since his compulsory retirement on June 9, 2016, Major General Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma has not been a happy man.
In his bid to remedy the situation, he has dragged the Nigerian Army, Minister of Defence, Chief of Defence Staff and Chief of Army Staff to the National Industrial Court.
In the originating summons filed by his counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, Major General Ijioma is praying the Industrial Court to declare his compulsory retirement from the services of the Nigerian Army illegal, invalid, wrongful, unlawful, unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever.
He also prayed the court for an order setting aside the letter of compulsory retirement issued by the Army Council, purportedly retiring him from the services with effect from June 9, 2016, and an order directing the immediate reinstatement of his rank and payment of all entitlements and perquisites of office due him.
He also sought other reliefs including an "order restraining the Respondents from giving or continuing to give effect to the letter dated 9th June, 2016, purported to have compulsorily retired the Claimant from the service of the Nigerian Army.
“An order restraining the Respondents, whether by themselves, their agents, servants, privies and/or all officers from obstructing, disturbing, interfering, stopping or preventing the Applicant in any manner whatsoever, from performing the functions of his office as a serving Major General of the Nigerian Army in the last position and place of assignment, before the letter of compulsory retirement dated 9th June, 2016."
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