[2013]DLHC5545February 7, 2013High Court

MAJOR NOBERT ABEBA TIBORI (RTD) vs. ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI (GH) LTD.

The Plaintiff herein as at 5th June, 2008 had served the Ghana Armed Forces for almost 18 years. While the Plaintiff was preparing for a U.N. operations in Darfur, he received a call from one Wing Commander Allotey asking him to submit his curriculum vitae (CV) for submission to a corporate institution that needed an officer of his caliber. Wing Commander Allotey was the Managing Director of Talent Pool Ghana Limited, a recruiting agency. Without submitting any application to the Defendant he was invited for interview at the Gold House in Accra and the final interview at the High Gate Hotel also in Accra. Based on the assurance of engagement by Wing Commander Allotey, acting on behalf of the Defendant, subject to medical fitness, Plaintiff retired from the Armed Forces at short notice thus causing Plaintiff to forfeit a year’s remuneration and allowances in line with the Armed Forces Regulations. Plaintiff was as a result released honourably from the Armed Forces on 7th July 2008. .....