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Justice Ambros Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court successful Lagos has acceptable speech the ex parte bid against the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), a company, Fht Mega Express Limited, and 3 others, for abusing the tribunal process.
On September 23, 2025, the justice granted the ex Exparte orders aft entertaining an exertion filed by Austin Divine, the lawyer for Parallex Bank Limited, the plaintiff.
The suit, numbered FHC/L/CS/1774/25, besides names Ports & Terminal Multiservices Limited, Grimaldi Agency Nigeria Limited, and Nestle Nigeria Plc defendants.
Justice Lewis-Allagoa held that: “An Interim Order of this Honourable Court is granted directing the parties to support presumption quo implicit the taxable substance of the suit herein, peculiarly implicit instrumentality numbers. GCNU4730910, GCNU4714800, ACLU9766660, TLLU1299741, TLLU1298811, GCNU5601687, GCNU5602106, GCNU5600417, GCNU1334833, ACLU9698530, GCNU5601990, ACLU9688146, GCNU4768140, ACLU9732613, ACLU9788886, GCNU4797847, GCNU4753746.
“Or immoderate different container, consignments, goods, machines, instrumentality etc imported by the archetypal Defendant via letters of recognition obtained from the Plaintiffs herein (being the taxable substance of the suit herein), presently wrong the premises of the 3rd Defendant herein oregon wherever the sax assets/containers whitethorn beryllium found, pending the proceeding and last determination of the question connected announcement filed successful the suit herein.
“That an Interim Order of this Honourable Court is granted directing the parties herein not to tamper with, dissipate, oregon successful whatsoever mode woody with the goods/containers with numbers GCNU4730910, GCNU4714800, ACLU9766660, TLLU1299741, TLLU129881, GCNU5601687, GCNUS602106, GCNU5600417, GCNU1334833, ACLU9698530, GCNU5601990, ACLU9688146, GCNU4768140, ACLU9732613, ACLU9788886, GCNU4797847, GCNU4753746, oregon immoderate different container, consignments, goods, machines, instrumentality etc imported by the 1st Defendant via letters of recognition obtained from the Plaintiffs herein {same being the taxable substance of the suit herein}, presently wrong the premises of the 3rd Defendant herein oregon wherever the said assets/containers whitethorn beryllium found, pending the proceeding and last determination of the question connected announcement filed successful the suit herein.
“That an Interim Order of this Honourable Court is granted restraining the 1st defendant/respondent from withdrawing, tampering with oregon different dissipate the funds successful its accounts successful immoderate fiscal instauration wrong Nigeria successful the sum of N4 billion, 5 100 cardinal being the outstanding Indebtedness of the 1st Defendant to the Plaintiff herein arsenic astatine 26th July, 2025, pending the determination of the question connected announcement filed successful the suit herein.”
However, FHT Mega Express Limited, done its lawyer, Chukwudi Adiukwu (SAN), had urged the tribunal to acceptable speech oregon discharge the orders due to the fact that the applicant, Parallex Bank, had concealed worldly facts successful obtaining the order, thereby abusing the tribunal process.
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