Court Freezes Katsina Local Governments Joint Account

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the freezing of the Katsina State Local Governments Joint Account following the inability of the state government to pay the entitlements of the dissolved local government chairmen and councillors.

In a suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/122/2022, Justice Nwite ordered that the state’s local government joint account should remain frozen till March 21, 2022.

This was disclosed on Friday by the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state, Salisu Yusuf Majigiri. He spoke while addressing the dissolved chairmen and their councillors at the party’s secretariat in Katsina.

Majigiri explained that the Federal High Court, in a garnishing order issued on 16th February, has frozen the joint account of the state local governments till March 21, 2022.

He said: “When Aminu Masari refused to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court, we decided to go and seek a garnishing order from the Federal High Court and the garnishing order has been granted by the court.

“The state government, House of Assembly and the Attorney-General of the state have been served accordingly. We are waiting to see what will happen.”

But the state Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammed Sani, said all the entitlements of the dissolved local government chairmen and their councillors have been paid in accordance with the directive of the apex court.

He added that the state government would present all evidence of payment before the Federal High Court on the next adjournment date of March 21, 2022.