-3 4.
Supplementary Protocol A/SP.1/06/06 Amending the Revised Treaty
5.
The African Charter on Human and People’s Rights
6.
Protocol A/P.1/7/93 Relating to the West African Monetary Agency (WAMA)
7.
WAMA Conditions of Service for Professional Staff
8.
ECOWAS Official Journal vol. 58 (CCJ) 3
9.
Certified
True Copy of
Judgment of
the Community Court
th
ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/13 dated 11 February 2013
10. Certified
True Copy of
Judgment of
the Community Court
th
ECW/CCJ/JUD/03/10 dated 8 July 2010.
6. FACTS AND PROCEDURE
6.1. NARRATION OF FACTS BY THE APPLICANT
1. The Plaintiff was a staff of the 1st Defendant (an autonomous agency of
ECOWAS). The Plaintiff was employed vide a letter from the 1st Defendant,
dated 6th August, 2013.
2. The Plaintiff’s appointment was thereafter terminated without Notice vide a
letter from same 1st Defendant dated 26th February, 2009 without due process
of law. The 1st Defendant relied on unproven allegations of gross
incompetence and other sundry personal issues contained in secret documents
unknown to the Plaintiff as grounds for termination of the Plaintiff’s
employment.
3. The Plaintiff was not aware of the existence of these secret documents and
allegations and was never given a hearing let alone a fair one. The Defendants
were the accusers and the judge at the same time.
4. The Plaintiff’s hard earned reputation was grossly injured and irreparably
shredded by the unsubstantiated allegation that the Plaintiff was an
incompetent staff of the 1st Defendant. The Plaintiff has not recovered and
cannot gain employment with this tattered reputation and her built up career
in the financial world was irreparably damaged unjustly by the Defendants.
The Plaintiff is a certified Banker and Financial Economist.
5. In addition to the wrongful termination of the Plaintiff’s employment with the
1st Defendant, the Plaintiff was unlawfully ejected from her official residence
about five months after the unlawful termination of employment and all her
properties and personal effects unlawfully seized and detained in her
residence.