Court freezes Osun accounts over $13.9m arbitration award

Vanguard News | 04-10-2026 07:45am |

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered commercial banks to place a 'Post No Debit' restriction on accounts operated by the Osun State Government over a $13.9m arbitration award in favour of Gamji Nigeria Company Limited. Justice D.E. Osiagor issued the interim order following an application filed by Gamji through its counsel, Yunus AbdulSalam, SAN, in a suit marked FHC/L/CS/1233/2026. The company is seeking to preserve $13,924,343.32 and N157.5m awarded to it following an arbitration arising from water infrastructure projects in Ilesa West Local Government Area of Osun State. The financial institutions named include Guaranty Trust Bank, Access Bank, First Bank, Zenith Bank, United Bank for Africa, Ecobank, Fidelity Bank, Stanbic IBTC, Sterling Bank, Union Bank, and Wema Bank, among others.

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