The National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Benin City, has declared that the June 8, 2022 directive of the state government suspending trade unions’ activities in tertiary institutions in the state as unconstitutional, illegal, null and void.

Recall that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ambrose Alli University chapter, had approached the court through its lawyer, Kingsley Obamogie to challenge the directive of Governor Godwin Obaseki suspending all unions in the state’s tertiary institutions.

Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Adewemimo ruled that the state government was wrong to have suspended trade union activities in the AAU and other tertiary institutions in the state.

Reacting to the ruling, the ASUU chairman, AAU chapter, Dr Cyril Onogbosele said the judgment is a victory for constitutionalism, the rule of law, and due process.