Osun Court Summons CBN over Police N100.1m Judgement Debt

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, on Wednesday, directed the Central Bank of Nigeria to prove why a sum of N100.1 million judgment debt incurred by the Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector General of Police and two others in a matter involving them and the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission and one other, should not be paid to the applicants.

The applicants, OSSIEC and its chairman, Hasim Abioye, in a suit number FHC/OS/CS/41/2025, through an ex parte motion dated January 12, 2026, through their counsel, I.T Tewogbade, claimed that the judgment debtors are yet to pay the damages awarded against them.

Other respondents in the suit include the Police Service Commission, Osun State Police Commissioner and the Central Bank of Nigeria.

They urged the court to freeze the account of the judgment debtors, domiciled with the CBN, the ganishee, to the tune of N100.1 million, being the damages and costs they incurred in an earlier judgment delivered by the court.