They were said to have failed to comply with a February 22 garnishee order absolute made in a ruling by Justice Inyang Ekwo, directing the Central Bank to pay a judgment debt of N63.7 million and $10000 awarded against the federal government for the unlawful arrest and detention of a German, Martin Gegenheimer by men of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS.
Justice Ekwo rejected CBN's claim that the Fed Govt's foreign exchange accounts were currently in deficit thereby making it impossible to pay the entire judgment sum. Justice Ekwo agreed with Makolo that, as against the contention by the CBN, the ECOWAS Court's judgments do not qualify as foreign judgment in the strict sense of it and could be enforced by Nigerian courts.
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