<p><strong> </strong>A Lagos ; National
Industrial ; court sitting in Ikoyi, Nigeria has dismissed the objection
filed by a multinational Oil company, Exxonmobil Corporation and its parent
body Mobil Producing Nigeria UnLimited against N4billion suit instituted
against the company by its ex –staff, Mr James Nwagbogwu Ebede.</p>



<p> ;  ;
 ;Joined as co-defendant is the Vice President, Mr.Ronald W. Romere,who had
worked in Nigeria before being deployed in Iraq. ;</p>



<p> ;  ;  ;
In a statement of fact filed before National Industrial court by a Lagos lawyer
Mr Francis Chuka Agbu SAN, Ebede stated that he worked with ; the company
from December, 2001 to 2018 as an Engineer adding that his consistent excellent
performances was the reason he was, at various times, given important
responsibilities.</p>



<p> ;  ;  ;
In 2015 he was deployed to Dubai, the posting was to last till December ;
2017, but was forcefully redeployed back to Nigeria and retired because he
refused to carry out dishonest actions assigned to him by the manager of ;
ExxonMobil while on assignment in the United Arab ; Emirates and Iran. On
his return to Nigeria, further punitive actions were taken against him leading
to his forced pre-mature retirement.</p>



<p>He stated that the
company attempted to compel him to employ unqualified Engineers;  ;sign off poorly executed project as completed;
manipulate contracts in breach of ; simple ethical guidelines;  ;rig bidding process and award projects at
escalated costs.</p>



<p>His refusal to toll
the unclean pathway, according to him, made the company not to reimburse him
for the monies expended on settling his children&#8217;s school fees; refused to
provide flight tickets for the return of his family members to Nigeria after
his stay in Dubai as well as refusal  ;to
ship  ;his belongings.</p>



<p> Consequently, Mr Ebede is not only claiming the following sums of money </p>



<p> ;
 ;$40million as general damages for the emotional stress he has suffered;
 ;N114,992,096 being the equivalent of 32 months salary which defendant
ought to pay him for his forceful retirement, but also demanding published
public apology in two daily newspapers and two international newspapers ;
 ;</p>



<p> ;  ;  ;
 ;However, the defendants, in their preliminary objection filed before the
court by Mrs Abimbola Akeredolu SAN, urged the court to decline jurisdiction to
entertain the suit on the ground that the ; ExxonMobil company ; is an
entity incorporated under the laws of the United States of America. therefore
the Nigerian court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the matter. ;</p>



<p> ;  ;  ;
In his response, Agbu  ;contended
that ; the company not only conducts its business in Nigeria by mean of
subsidiaries, but also operates and directly ; in Nigeria as it holds
operating interest in several Oil Mining OML. </p>



<p>He  ;therefore, urged the court to dismiss the
objection of the defendants. ;</p>



<p> ;  ; In his
ruling, the presiding Judge R. H. Gwandu while adjourning for hearing ;<br>
said&#8221;I hold that this court has the jurisdiction to adjudicate on issues
contained in the claimant&#8217;s suits both by subject matter and territory, the
claimant having shown sufficient cause of action against the defendant. ;</p>

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