On the Plaintiffs assertion of being granted a presidential pardon, the Defendant
contends that if such pardon exists, then the Plaintiff should not complain of being
unable to secure a new job.
That the decision of the Defendant’s counsel in not filing a brief at the Supreme
Court was based on technical grounds and not that he was pessimistic in the
Appeal.
The Defendant concluded that the Plaintiff is not entitled to the reliefs being
sought.
PROCEDURE
The Plaintiff on the 31st May, 2018, filed a motion seeking leave of the Court to lead
evidence for the purpose of establishing facts already asserted in his initiating
application.
On the 22nd November, 2018, the Court granted the Plaintiff request to lead oral
evidence after all pending interim applications have been dealt with in the
presence of respective counsel of the parties. He gave oral evidence after which
the parties were given opportunity to file written addresses if they so wished to do.
ISSUE FOR DETERMINATION
At the completion of the trial, one cardinal issue stands out for resolution as could
be gleaned from both the written and oral procedures as follows:
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