ThisDay· 1h ago· 1 min read
Wale Igbintade
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has reaffirmed that employers cannot enforce unreasonable post-employment restrictive covenants to prevent former employees from earning a living, dismissing an appeal by MTN Nigeria Communications Limited against a judgment awarding N5.1 million in compensation to its former Procurement Manager, Mr. Theodore Nwabueze Ikpa.
In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Danlami Zama Senchi in Appeal No. CA/LAG/CV/319/2021, the appellate court upheld the June 13, 2018 judgment of the National Industrial Court, Lagos Division, delivered by Justice A. N. Ubaka in Suit No. NICN/LA/05/2016, holding that the post-employment restraint clause imposed on Ikpa was unreasonable and unlawfully prevented him from securing alternative employment.
The appeal stemmed from the termination of Ikpa's employment as Procurement Manager in December…
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