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Justice Toyin Oyekan-Abdullahi of the Lagos High Court sitting in Osborne, Ikoyi, has granted an application compelling the police to produce an alleged judgment debtor, Bamise Ajetunmobi, before it on February 2.
Daily Independent reports that the alleged judgment debtor Ajetunmobi, who is now in the custody of the police at the Force CID Alagbon, was, according to the claimants, believed to have been arrested in Côte d’Ivoire while trying to board a flight to the UK.
He and his wife, Elizabeth, and two firms linked to them, Imagine Global Holding Company Ltd and Imagine Global Solutions Ltd, were in October 2021 accused of defrauding some Nigerian investors to the tune of over N18.8billion.
The couple was accused of fleeing the country afterwards.
In July 2022, the investors obtained a court judgment in their favour, ordering the couple and their companies to pay back N15,541,350,000 with interest.
The whereabouts of the couple remained unknown, but following reports of Ajetunmobi ‘s arrest in Côte d’Ivoire and detention by the Nigerian Police, counsel to the judgment creditors Adetunji Adedoyin-Adeniyi filed a motion ex parte to compel his appearance in court.
Adedoyin-Adeniyi, who filed the ex parte application under the relevant provisions of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act, asked Justice Toyin Oyekan-Abdullahi to make an order for the Issuance of Judgement Summons to compel Ajetunmobi to appear before the court and be examined as to his means to pay back the judgment debt.
The Judge granted the application and ordered Bamise to appear before her court on February 2 at noon.
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