Victory Is Near – Lawyer Assures 5,000 Teachers

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By UbongAbasi Ise

Counsel to the 5,000 teachers sacked by Governor Udom Emmanuel has assured his clients that their victory over the state government in the court is on the horizon.
Briefing his clients shortly after the Court of Appeal session in Uyo Wednesday, Barr. Clifford Thomas said when the motion to dismiss the state government’s appeal in the appellate court is properly entered, decision will be made on merit, and everything will be going in favour of the aggrieved teachers.
The 5,000 teachers had filed a motion praying that the Court strike out whatever appeal brought before it by the state government after it had exceeded the stipulated time for the filing of an appeal against the decision of the National Industrial Court in Suit Number NICN/UY/03/2017 delivered on 18th May 2017.

The appellate court had instructed the legal team of the 5,000 teachers to make amendment to their motion, and the next hearing will be fixed on a date after the motion might have been entered.
Meanwhile, the duo of Obong Nsima Ekere and Senator Godswill Akpabio were moved with sympathy on Monday as the 5,000 secondary school teachers allegedly sacked by Governor Udom Emmanuel recounted their misfortunes in the hands of the incumbent state government.
Mr. Sunday Akpan, who led the embattled teachers as they stormed Uyo Township Stadium to officially declare their decampment from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, lamented that some of the 5000 teachers have died, many have psychologically been traumatized as the result of the unwarranted sack, while a handful of others have moved out of the state to look for alternative means of survival, stressing that Mr. Udom Emmanuel is using taxpayers’ money to battle them in court.
In reaction, the APC gubernatorial candidate, Obong Nsima Ekere, lauded the 5,000 teachers for taking a lawful step by approaching the court of competent jurisdiction to address the matter while asking the aggrieved teachers to relax as the days of the incumbent state government are numbered.
Having moved with compassion, Senator Godswill Akpabio stressed that the over 5,000 teachers that were illegally dismissed by Udom’s government have mothers,  fathers, siblings and  children that look up to them, hinting that Obong Nsima Ekere will address their grievances when he assume power in the coming months.

©The Sensor Newspaper

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