The Court of Appeal has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its strike immediately.
The court, however, granted the application on the condition that the union obeys the lower court’s ruling and calls off the strike immediately, pending the determination of the substantive suit.
The court gave ASUU seven days within which to file the appeal following the obedience to the ruling of the lower court.
It would be recalled that the National Industrial Court, on Sept. 21, ordered ASUU to call off the strike.
The court gave the order following a notice filed by the Federal Government urging the lecturers to return to classrooms.
Ruling on the interlocutory injunction, the trial judge, Justice Polycarp Hamman, restrained ASUU from continuing with the industrial action pending the determination of the suit filed against ASUU by the Federal Government.
Miffed by the ruling, the union headed to the appellant court to appeal the ruling.
Meanwhile, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has said it would review the judgement of the Appeal Court that ordered the union to end its strike, to determine its next line of action.
It had earlier been reported that the appeal court on Friday ordered the union to return to work as earlier ordered by the National Industrial Court with immediate effect.
In reaction to the fresh court judgement, ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, told newsmen that the union is yet to officially receive the Appeal Court ruling.
He said the union would after receiving the judgement, go through the document with its lawyers and decide on its next line of action.
He said, “We have not received the ruling, when we get it, we will review it with our lawyer and then we can take the next step”.
It will be recall that the Federal Government, following its inability to reach a truce with the university lecturer, dragged ASUU to the National Industrial Court on September 11.
The court on September 24, ordered the striking lecturers to return to class while negotiation with the Federal Government continues.
