Facts:

The Appellant (Claimant at the trial court) instituted the suit via a General Form of Complaint with Statement of Facts. The Appellant claimed for following reliefs:

i. A declaration that the summary dismissal of the Claimant by the Defendant from the Defendant’s employment vide the letter dated the 24th of March 2014, is unlawful, wrongful, null and void and therefore of no effect.

ii. Payment of terminal benefits or in the ALTERNATIVE, payment of the sum of ₦50,000,000.00 (Fifty Million Naira only) as damages for unlawful dismissal.

iii. Interest on the said terminal benefits/damages at the Defendant’s commercial lending rate per annum from the 1st April, 2014 till judgment is delivered in this case, and thereafter, interest at the rate of 30% per annum until the entire judgment debt is liquidated.

iv. AND SUCH other order(s) as the court may deem fit and necessary in the circumstance of this case.
The Respondent (Defendant at the court below) filed a Statement of Defence. The Appellant equally filed a Reply to the Respondent’s Statement of Defence together with the Appellant’s additional written deposition. The Respondent later filed a list of further documents. At the trial, parties called one witness each and tendered evidence in support of their respective cases. Both parties filed and adopted their Written Addresses and thereafter, the trial judge entered judgment in favour of the Respondent, upheld the summary dismissal of the Appellant from the Respondent’s employment and dismissed the Appellant’s reliefs for payment of her accrued terminal benefit with interest by the Respondent. The Appellant’s dissatisfied with the judgment of the trial court appealed to the Court of Appeal.