Accounts freezing: We’re still studying court ruling – Oyo Govt.

Oyo State Government says it is still studying the ruling of an Abuja Federal High Court that ordered the freezing of 10 of its bank accounts.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mr.. Sulaiman Olanrewaju, stated this in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Friday.

Supreme News reportedrts that Justice A.O. Ebong had, on Dec. 15, issued an order attaching the state government’s accounts in 10 commercial banks in the country.

Ebong gave the order while ruling on a garnishee proceeding initiated by the local government chairmen who were sacked by Gov. Seyi Makinde on May 29, 2019.

The Supreme Court had, on May 7, 2021, voided the sack of the chairmen and councilors, as pronounced by the governor on the day of his inauguration for his first term in office in 2019.

The sacked council chairmen had gotten a N4,874,889,425.60 judgement against Makinde and other officials and agencies of the state, of which N1.5 billion had been paid, leaving a balance of N3.5 billion.

But the special adviser, while speaking with newsmen, said that the court ruling was still being studied by the offices of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.

He said that after the ruling had been properly studied, the state government would now come up with its own position on the issue at stake.

“You will agree with me that it is a sensitive matter. So the ruling needs to be properly studied, after which the government will now come up with its own position,” Sulaiman said.