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Odi asks court to summon Sanusi over compensation

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THE  people of Odi in Bayelsa State have asked the Federal High Court in  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to summon the suspended Governor of the  Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi; and other officers of the  CBN over their refusal to pay the people N36.7bn compensation as  ordered by the court.Counsel for the Odi community, Mr.  Lucious Nwosu, SAN, said Sanusi and others from the CBN were expected to  appear in court over their refusal to release the sum as compensation  to the people of the area.The court had directed that the sum of  N36.7 bn be paid to the Odi community for the invasion of the area by  soldiers on November 20, 1999.Nwosu, who spoke with our correspondent  in a telephone interview on Monday, said the court would need to invite  Sanusi to come and explain why he could not obey the court order.He said, “Court has to invite Lamido  Sanusi to come and say why he cannot obey court order in relation to the  genocide in Odi community in 1999. They are only custodians of money  that belongs to the judgement debtor.“The court has ably ordered that Odi  people should be paid and in fact, directed the Central Bank of Nigeria  to release the money as the compensation awarded to the people.“Quite unfortunately, CBN, rather than  pay the money that is in their custody, have resorted to hiring lawyers  and spending tax payers’ money.”

 by Chukwudi Akasike
(From Biafra Galaxy)

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