The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call of its ongoing industrial action immediately.

In a ruling on Friday, a three-member panel of the court, led by Justice Hamma Barka ordered the striking lecturers to “immediately” call off its eight-months strike.

The court struck out ASUU’s request for stay of execution of the Industrial Court’s order, which it’s lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) withdrew on Thursday.

The appellate court said should ASUU fail to re-open the universities, the order to appeal against the interlocutory injunction of the National Industrial Court “will be automatically vacated.”

It also gave the lecturers’ union seven days within which to file its notice of appeal against the order of the the National Industrial Court.