AGF

The Attorney-General of the Federation has been asked to pay his debt of N25m and N104, 000, which was awarded to PUNCH newspaper 28 years ago by Justice ...

At the hearing of the garnishee proceedings on Friday before Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allago, the first garnishee represented by U. Adigun, in a preliminary objection, prayed the court to set aside the order made by the court. This cannot be.” “We are also praying this court to discharge the first garnishee from this suit and strike out the name of the first garnishee/applicant from the proceeding as the court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the garnishee proceedings against the first garnishee/applicant.” She said the first garnishee/applicant is a public officer and it is required by law that the consent of the AGF be first sought and obtained before the court may make a garnishee order nisi against the first garnishee/applicant. Again, the AGF on behalf of other judgment debtors still dissatisfied with the judgment of the Court of Appeal further appealed to the Supreme Court and the apex court on June 14, 2019, dismissed the appeal of the judgment debtors, in which the AGF was represented by C.