Federal High Court moves to enforce police N100.1m judgment debt

The Central Bank of Nigeria has been directed by a Federal High Court sitting successful Osogbo to warrant wherefore funds linked to a N100.1 cardinal judgement indebtedness should not beryllium released to settee liabilities owed by the Nigeria Police and different respondents.

The bid was issued connected Wednesday by Justice Adefunmilola Demi-Ajayi pursuing an exertion brought earlier the tribunal by the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) and its chairman, Hasim Abioye.

The applicants approached the tribunal seeking enforcement of an earlier judgement delivered successful November 2025, which awarded damages against the Nigeria Police Force and different parties.

The earlier ruling had “ordered the outgo of N100 cardinal successful damages and N100,000 arsenic costs implicit actions taken against the electoral assemblage up of the February 22, 2025, section authorities predetermination successful Osun State.”

In the caller proceedings, counsel to the applicants, I.T. Tewogbade, filed an ex parte question requesting the tribunal to compel outgo of the outstanding judgement sum.

Part of the exertion urged the tribunal to “issue a garnishee bid targeting accounts domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria.”

The applicants specifically asked that “the magnitude lasting to the recognition of the judgement debtors… suffi...