Obey Court Judgment, Judge Tells Onitsha Electronics Market Three-Man Administrator
-Refuses To Grant Stay of Execution, Reaffirms Order To Render Account To BOT
An Anambra State High Court presided over by Justice Chukwudi Okai, has refused to grant a request for Stay of its judgment from Three-Man Administrator led by Chief Donatus Obi .
Justice Okai in rejecting the motion for stay reaffirmed his judgment and asked Obi to allow peace to reign in the Electronics Dealers Association, Onitsha (EDAO) by handing over to the registered Board of Trustees (BoT).
The Judge sitting at Atani, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State also directed that the plaintiff, Ifechi Anozie, should be paid the cost awarded to him by the court and that the There -Man Administrator should stay clear from anything that has to do with the association and BoT.
He said they should not collect any other levy in the market except the State Government levies , which are tax and development levy.
Justice Okai in his judgment on July 26, 2024, had directed the three -Man Administratrator not to collect any levy except Anambra State Government levies, tax and development levy.
The Court also had directed that the Administratrator should not get involved in the collection of electricity , sanitation, security, loading and off -loading levies which belong to the association.
The court also directed the Three -Man Administratrator to render accounts of the money they have collected from other levies except the tax and development levy to BoT , since they assumed office.
They were also asked to pay N500, 000 to the plaintiff, Ifechi Anozie, which was the cost awarded in his favour by the Court.
But the three -Man Administratrator through their lawyers went back to the Court asking for a stay of the execution of its judgment.
However Justice Okai of Atani High Court refused to grant the motion, saying that there was no basis to grant them stay of execution of the judgment, rather they should go and obey court orders to bring peace to the market.
