JUDGMENT
A. PARTIES
1. The Applicants are officers of the Nigerian Army and Community citizens of
Nigerian origin. The Respondent is the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a Member
State of the Community.
B. SUBJECT MATTER OF THE PROCEEDINGS
2. The Applicants lodged with the Registry of the Court, a Supplementary Application
pursuant to Article 63 and 64 of the Rules of the Community Court of Justice,
ECOWAS, by way of motion dated 14th June, 2019 in which they sought the
following orders:
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 order or further orders as this Honorable Community Court
of Justice may deem fit and proper to make in the circumstances of
this suit.
C. GROUNDS IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION
3. The Applicants, in support of their application made the following submission as
grounds for the application:
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