The Lagos high court sitting, Ikoyi, has granted an application compelling a swindler, Bamise Ajetunmobi, to appear before it on Thursday, February 2.
In October 2021, Bamise, his wife, Elizabeth, and two firms linked to them, Imagine Global Holding Company Ltd and Imagine Global Solutions Ltd, allegedly defrauded some Nigerian investors of over N18.8 billion.
The couple, Bamise and Elizabeth, were accused of fleeing the country afterwards.
In July 2022, the investors obtained a court judgment in their favour, directing the couple and their companies to pay back their investments with interest.
The whereabouts of the couple remained unknown, but following reports that Bamise was recently arrested in Côte d’Ivoire while trying to board a flight to the UK and detained by the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), counsel to the judgment creditors, Adetunji Adedoyin-Adeniyi, immediately filed a motion ex-parte to compel his appearance in court, according to Channels TV.
Adedoyin-Adeniyi, who filed the ex-parte application under the relevant provisions of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act, asked the presiding judge, Justice Toyin Oyekan-Abdullahi, to make an order for the issuance of judgment summons to compel Bamise to appear before the court and be examined as to his means to pay back the judgment debt.
Justice Oyekan-Abdullahi granted the application and ordered Bamise to appear before the court on February 2.
At his appearance, Bamise is to be examined on oath as to his means,…
