N3.4bn Debt: Court reserves judgement on appeal by Oyo Gov, Makinde, others

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, had ordered that the money should be paid to Local Government Chairmen and Councillors who were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, but were sacked on May 29, 2019, by Makinde, after he assumed office as the governor of Oyo state.

The apex court directed the Oyo state government to compute and pay them their entitled salaries and allowances within three months of the judgment. Justice Ebong ordered them to subsequently pay the remaining N2bn at N500million quarterly, with the first instalment payable on July 31, 2023, a decision that Makinde and the other defendants approached the appellate court to challenge.

More so, the appellate court questioned the competence of a motion by the appellants seeking to be allowed to pay the debt by instalment, noting that the appeal itself was against a similar instalment payment arrangement ordered by the High Court of the FCT. Adetunbi, SAN, faulted the appellants’ lawyer’s contention that his clients could not enforce the judgment through the garnishee proceeding because the judgment sum was not reflected.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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