Aggrieved General Drags Army, Defence Minister, CDS, CAS To Court Over Compulsory Retirement
Major General Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma (rtrd)[/caption]
An aggrieved Army General, Major General Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma, said to have been compulsorily retired by the Army Council on June 9, 2016, has dragged the Nigerian Army, Minister of Defence, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and Chief of Army Staff (CAS) to the National Industrial Court over his compulsory retirement from the Nigerian Army.
In petition filed by Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, Major General Ijioma asked the Industrial Court to declare his compulsory retirement from the services of the Nigerian Army illegal, invalid, wrongful, unlawful, unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever”.
He implored the court to issue an order setting aside the letter of compulsory retirement, retiring him from the services with effect from June 9, 2016.
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He further prayed the court to direct his immediate reinstatement of his rank and payment of all entitlements and perquisites of office due him.
“An order restraining the Respondents from giving or continuing to give effect to the letter dated 9th June, 2016, purported to have compulsorily retired the Claimant from the service of the Nigerian Army.
“An order restraining the Respondents, whether by themselves, their agents, servants, privies and/or all officers from obstructing, disturbing, interfering, stopping or preventing the Applicant in any manner whatsoever, from performing the functions of his office as a serving Major General of the Nigerian Army in the last position and place of assignment, before the letter of compulsory retirement dated 9th June, 2016,” the applicant petitioned.
