Justice Lambo Akanbi of a Federal
High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria,
CBN to comply with its order to pay the sum of thirty seven point six billion
to the victims of Odi community in Bayelsa State as compensation for the
destruction of the community by the military in 1999.
Justice Akanbi gave the order in
a ruling on an application by the CBN challenging the February judgment of the
court which ordered the Federal Government to pay the amount to the Odi
community.
The Central Bank had argued that
the court did not give it right of fair hearing before issuing the order
against it.
Counsel to the victims of Odi
community Ifedayo Adedipe said that the application of the CBN was misconceived
and a ploy to deny the Odi community justice.
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