v.
That the Respondent should pay the sum of Two Million Naira
(N2, 000,000) each to the Applicants as damages for unlawful
dismissal.
O. The reliefs sought in the Supplementary Application.
a. An Order of this Honorable Court supplementing the judgment in Suit
No: ECW/CCJ/APP/19/16 between SGT MIKAH MAI RANGO AND
243 ORS. V FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA delivered on
Wednesday 15th May, 2019 by mandating the Respondent to reinstate
them back to its employment having found that their dismissal without
arraignment, prosecution and sentence by a duly constituted Court
Martial is illegal, null and void.
b. An Order of this Honorable Court of Justice directing the Respondent
to immediately reinstate all the Applicants to their respective ranks in
the Nigerian Army and to pay each of the Applicants their monthly
salaries and other allowances from the month of July, August,
September, October, November and December 2015, January,
February, March, April, May, June 2015 and such other months until
the date judgment is enforced having found that their right to work and
fair hearing was violated by the Respondent.
c. And for such order or further orders as this Honorable Community
Court of Justice may deem fit and proper to make in the circumstances
of this suit.
14. The grounds for seeking the above reliefs by the Applicants is that “while the Court
awarded a cost of Two (2) Million Naira against the Respondent, no
pronouncement whatsoever was made on the (other heads) (emphasis ours) of
claim having found that their dismissal by the Respondent without arraignment,
prosecution and sentence by a duly constituted Court Martial is irregular, illegal,
unlawful, null and void”. See paragraphs 3(e) supra. This allegation is clearly
incorrect. A review of the judgment viz a viz the reliefs sought by the Applicant in
the initiating application reveals that the Court made pronouncements on the
following heads of claim:
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