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Court Freezes Oyo Govt’s Accounts In 10 Banks Over N3.5bln Debt To Sacked LG Chiefs

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December 18, 2023
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A Federal high court sitting in Abuja has issued an order freezing the accounts of the Oyo State government in 10 commercial banks in the country.

The freezing of the bank accounts followed an order issued by Justice A. O. Ebong, in a ruling on a garnishee proceeding.

The banks in which the state government’s accounts were blocked are Zenith Bank, United Bank of Africa (UBA), Wema Bank, First Bank of Nigeria, Ecobank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Access Bank, Polaris Bank, Jaiz Bank and Union Bank.

The order was given by Justice Ebong on December 15 while ruling on a motion marked: BW/M/85/2023 but its certified true copy (CTC) was received on Monday.

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He also ordered the garnishees (the banks) to file affidavits and attend the court on the next adjourned date to show cause why the “garnishee orders nisi hereby granted should not be made absolute.”

The judge awarded N300,000.00 as cost against the judgement debtors; ordered that a copy of the order be served on Makinde and others and adjourned till January 5, 2024 for hearing.

The suit was initiated by ex-council chiefs in Oyo State, who were sacked on May 29, 2019 by Governor Seyi Makinde.

The sacked local government Chairmen and Councillors had, in 2021, got a N4,874,889,425.60 judgement against Governor Seyi Makinde and other officials/agencies of the state.

The other officials/agencies listed with Makinde as judgement debtors, by virtue of the May 7, 2021 judgement of the Supreme Court, are: the Attorney-General, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Accountant-General of Oyo State, Speaker of the House of Assembly, the House of Assembly and the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC).

The garnishee proceeding was intended by the ex-council chiefs, led by Bashorun Majeed Ajuwon, to recover the balance of N3,424,889,425.60 (N3.5 billion) which is outstanding from the actual judgement sum, from which Makinde paid only N1.5 billion in 2022.

What was outstanding in respect of the Supreme Court judgement was N3,374,889,425.60, but the Court of Appeal in Abuja added N50 million, which it awarded as cost against Makinde and others in a judgement on December 8, dismissing their appeal.

On May 7, 2021 when the Supreme Court gave judgement, voiding Makinde’s sack of elected local government chairmen and councillors in Oyo State, the apex court gave similar judgement in respect of Katsina State and ordered both states to pay the salaries and allowances of the affected ex-council chiefs.

Justice Ejembi Eko, who delivered the lead judgement in the Oyo State case, condemned the decision by Makinde to unlawfully sack the elected council chiefs before the end of their tenure.

However, the Oyo State Government , failed to pay the ex-council chiefs in the appeal marked: SC/CV/556/2020.
(vitalnewsngr.com)

 

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