THE Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, reserved its verdict on an appeal that was brought before it by Governor Seyi Makinde and some principal officers of Oyo State over their failure to pay an outstanding judgment debt of N3.4 billion.
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 order was further affirmed on May 7, 2021, by the Supreme Court, which declared that the ex-council chiefs, who sued through 11 representatives led by Bashorun Majeed Ajuwon, was unlawful. However, in partial compliance with the judgement, the Oyo State government paid only N1.5 billion, an action that prompted the sacked Chairmen and Councillors to initiate a garnishee proceeding against Governor Makinde and the others before the FCT High Court.
Justice Ebong ordered them to subsequently pay the remaining N2bn at N500 million quarterly, with the first instalment payable on July 31, 2023, a decision that Makinde and the other defendants approached the appellate court to challenge.
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