2. The Respondent acted arbitrarily and unfairly in terminating the Applicant’s appointment in May 2017 without affording him the opportunity of defending himself, thereby making the act illegal. 3. That the claim by the Applicant with respect to the Respondent’s act of excluding the Applicant in the selection process contrary to Article 13 (2) & (3) of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development’s Staff Rules and Regulations cannot be sustained and therefore dismissed. In consequence of which the Court orders the Respondent to pay the Applicant as follows: 1. That the Respondent pays Seventy Five Thousand United State Dollars ($75,000) as damages for unfair termination. 2. The Court dismisses all other claims brought by the Applicant against the respondent in this application. 3. Orders the Applicant to return to the Respondent all properties in his possession that belong to the Respondent and was giving to him upon his employment with the Respondent Bank. 4. Orders the Respondent to pay to the Applicant the costs of this action in the sum of two million Nigerian Naira (2,000,000.00) Naira. 5. The Court order either party to comply fully with the terms of this judgement within a time frame of one (1) month from the date of this order. THIS DECISION IS MADE, ADJUDGED AND PRONOUNCED PUBLICLY BY THIS COURT, COMMUNITY COURT OF JUSTICE, ECOWAS; SITTING AT ABUJA, NIGERIA ON THE DAY 3rd February, 2020. 31 | P a g e