A retired judge of the Lagos High Court, Justice Babajide Candide-Johnson, has filed a suit before a National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Lagos, demanding his pension, severance gratuity, and other entitlements from the Lagos State government, a year after his retirement, IgbereTV reports
He is also seeking an order directing the Lagos State Governor to forthwith calculate his pension based on the provisions of Section 291 (2) and (3a-c) of the 1999 constitution as well as Section 2 of the Pensions Rights of Judges Act to pay him the sum of N21,145,551.6 (Twenty One Million, One Hundred and Forty-Five Thousand, Five Hundred and Fifty-One Naira, Six Kobo).
As well as N10m as general damages for failure to pay his pension and gratuity in accordance with the law.
Justice Candide-Johnson was appointed by the Governor of Lagos on May 22, 2001, and sworn into office on May 24 of the same year. He spent 20 years on the bench and retired on June 27, 2021, having attained the mandatory retirement age of 65
