NAN-H-98
Adjournment
By Doris Esa
Abuja, Nov. 4, 2016 (NAN) The National Industrial Court has adjourned the N10 million suit brought by Home Cooperative Society against two of its former employees, Eucharia Amaka and Iwuamaeze Ifeyinwa, till Dec.6.
The judge, Justice Isele Esele, fixed the date after the respondents’ counsel, Uchendu Francis, cross-examined the claimant’s witness, Esther Udofia, a thrift collector with the cooperative.
Udofia told the court that during her daily collections, she discovered that the first defendant had been leveraging the claimant’s customers in Kugbo mechanic Village Market, Abuja.
“When I went to Kugbo Market, I saw the defendants, who had already been sacked from the Cooperative, collecting money from claimant’s customers.
“So, I asked the customers and they explained to me that they are now dealing with Divine Favour (another thrift society),” she said.
Udofia told the Court that the first respondent had also enlisted the help of the second respondent to collect the daily cash from the claimant’s customers.
When asked how she knew that the respondent had taken over the claimant’s customers, she said that the customers were no longer patronising the Cooperative.
She also told the court that the action of the respondents was destroying the image of the claimant.
The claimant is praying the court to stop the respondents from leveraging its customers as their action was negatively impacting on its business.
The claimant is also asking for N10 Million as punitive damages. (NAN)
ORD/HAS/OFN
Edited By Hajia Sani//Felix Nwadioha