Calabar High Court Garnishees C'River Assembly's Account

By Our Reporter

A Calabar High Court acting on behalf of its client, Rt. Hon Efa Nyong Esua has garnisheed the Cross River State House of Assembly account to the tune of over 19.3m.

The above sum was owed by the Assembly as remuneration and allowances from May, 2021 to January, 2022 as per the consent Judgement of the High Court delivered on Monday,7 ,2022.

The accounts affected by the garnishee order include imprest and oversight with a cumulative sum of over N23M as total amount of lodgement.

The suite that gave rise to the judgement was instituted on 12, August, 2022 seeking the enforcement of a consent Judgement over the connivance of some of the members of the Cross River State House of Assembly to convert salaries and allowances to their personal use.

The Court presided over by Justice E. Isoni also awarded the sum of 500,000 as cost for processing proceedings which shall also be paid into the applicants lawyer's account.