Unpaid judgment debt: Court okays issuance of contempt notice on CBN gov, one other

The Federal High Court in Abuja has authorised the issuance of notices of a contempt proceeding against the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria , Olayemi Cardoso, and the Director of Legal Services Department, Salam-Alada Kofo over their alleged failure to obey an order of the court.

Part of the notice reads: “This court, having delivered its ruling, made the order nisi dated 14th February 2023 order absolute against the garnishee on 22nd day of February 2024. “This is far more than the timeline allowed by the Garnishee Charter for service to the public wherein: all issues of law touching and concerning the Garnishee ought to be resolved and or responded to within 10 days. The judgment creditor is yet to enjoy this provision.

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.The judge said: “Upon a keen perusal of the provisions of the Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act 2004 it cannot be said that the judgement sought to be enforced in this case, is stricto sensu a foreign judgement.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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