Ambassador Muhammed Dauda
Sacked performing Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Mohammed Dauda on Wednesday filed a go well with earlier than the National Industrial Court in Abuja, asking the courtroom to reinstate him to his former place.
Dauda, who was a director of the company earlier than he turned the performing head from November 2017, was reportedly dismissed from the company by a letter dated March 6, 2018.
In a go well with filed by his counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN), Dauda faulted the process adopted in dismissing him.
He joined the Office of the Director-General of NIA and the NIA itself as first and second defendants respectively.
In the go well with marked NICN/ABJ/136/2018, Dauda contended that the process adopted by the defendants within the course of resulting in his purported dismissal didn't adjust to Article eight(1) and (2) of the National Securities Agency Act (CAPS 278) 1986.
He additionally requested to carry that in view of the extant provisions of Article eight(1) and (2) of the National Securities Ac (CAPS 278) 1986, the retired Directors of NIA weren't competent to sit down as members within the Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee which investigated the matter in opposition to him.
Dauda argued that the failure of the defendants to arrange a competent Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee to look into the allegation levied in opposition to him constituted a violation of his constitutional proper to honest listening to.
He requested the courtroom to find out whether or not the purported letter dismissing him issued by the defendants on March 6, 2018 was not illegal, null and void and of no impact in any respect.
He argued that “in the circumstance” of the case he was entitled “to be reinstated as Director of NIA and Acting Director-General of NIA”.
He additionally prayed the courtroom for an order directing that he be paid his salaries and entitlements from the interval of his illegal dismissal to the purpose of his reinstatement.
The courtroom has but to repair a date for the listening to.