Lagos High Court refunds woman’s N225,000 after Saturday PUNCH’s report

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Pumetro | April 20, 2019
Tunde Ajaja
Relief has finally come the way of Mrs Olanike Okome, a retiree, whose N225,000 was withheld for 11 years by the Lagos State High Court.
She pointed out that in spite of the judgement of the court, which ruled in her favour and consequently directed that the money should be released to her, the money was withheld for 11 years, despite all her visits, letters and pleas to the court registry.
“The court has finally refunded my money,” she told our correspondent on the phone.
As evidenced by a copy of the court judgement, dated Monday, December 17, 2007 and signed by Mr J. A. Fadipe, the presiding judge, Justice A. M. Nicol-Clay, of Court 24, General Civil Division, Igbosere, ruled in her favour and ordered that the money paid by the tenant to the court be released to her.
“That the Chief Registrar of Lagos High Court is hereby ordered to release to Mrs Nike Okome (the landlady/respondent) the sum of N225,000 only,” the copy of the judgement partly read.
In a letter to the Chief Registrar, titled, ‘Re: Suit No LD/12A/2007: Mrs Stella Akinbode vs Nike Okome: Application for refund/release of the sum of N225,000 plus interest at the rate of 25 per cent per annum by the office of the Chief Registrar of High Court of Lagos State, Ikeja,’ Okome requested that the interest should be reviewed.
She said, “The interest paid is not commensurate and I believe you would use your good offices to take another look at the matter and do a review in the interest of justice and fair play as being propagated by your office.
“The total interest anticipated at 25 per cent interest rate per annum is put at N3,421,841 (compound interest on principal sum for 11 years and four months).
“I am also at this point stressing the need for damages of N1,710,770. We were supposed to sit together on January 3, 2019 but there was no room for any dialogue.
“With this letter, it is my belief that you would use your good offices to call a meeting for the resolution of the issues raised.”
She, however, threatened legal action against the court if nothing was done with regard to her complaints.

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