Mr. Ernest Omo-Ojo, a staff member of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited has dragged the company before the Abuja Division of the National Industrial Court (NIC) over the unlawful termination of his job.
He is also asking the court to order the defendant to pay him the sum of N100 million as compensation for damages suffered as a result of his alleged wrongful sack.
In the suit filed by his counsel, Max Ogar, the complainant is contending that his sack was done without due process on release of employee as the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), which is the statutory regulator of the oil and gas industry had in its resolution of October 15, 2019, issued a 14-day timeline to comply with the DPR guidelines.
He is demanding:
“an order directing the DPR to wield the big stick against the defaulting Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited and/or ExxonMobil.
“An Order declaring as null and void the action of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU) and/or ExxonMobil taken in the face of a pending complaint before the DPR.”
