JUDGMENT
This is the judgment of the Court and Parties were heard in the open Court.
PARTIES
The 1st Applicant is a registered non-governmental entity incorporated under the
laws of Nigeria with its registered address at No. 6, Wuse Abuja, or Powa
international Market, Block K, Suite 5, check point Bus stop Nyanya, Abuja. The 1st
Applicant has instituted this action in a representative capacity for and on behalf
of members of its association.
The 2nd Applicant is a disengaged staff of NITEL/MTEL an agent of the 1st
Respondent and president of the Incorporated Trustees of Association of Former
Telecoms Employees of Nigeria NITEL/MTEL, who was on a permanent and
pensionable employment prior to his disengagement.
The 3rd to 17,101 Applicants are individual disengaged Staff of NITEL/MTEL who
were also on a permanent and pensionable employment of the 1st Respondent.
The Applicants are all Nigerians and community citizens within the meaning of
Article 1 of the 2005 Protocol on the ECOWAS Community Court.
The 1st Respondent is the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a sovereign state of the
Community, while the 2nd Respondent is an Agent of the 1st Respondent.
SUMMARY OF FACTS
1. The Applicants in their capacity as permanent and pensionable staff of the
Respondent by an originating application filed at the Registry of the Court on the
22nd August, 2017, instituted this action claiming all their retirement and
disengagement benefits in accordance with the Respondent’s constitution and
several Articles of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR).
2