Tag: Enforcement of Judgment in Nigeria
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KEY LESSONS ON ENFORCING MONETARY JUDGMENTS IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SUPREME COURT’S JUDGMENT IN C.B.N. v OCHIFE (2025) 12 NWLR (Pt. 2000) 1
INTRODUCTION When enforcing monetary claims in Nigeria, obtaining a favourable judgment is only one part of the process, as the judgment must still be enforced if the debtor refuses to pay the judgment sum. Enforcing a monetary judgment means that the person taking benefit from the monetary judgment (“the judgment creditor”) has to employ any…