Nigeria, July 15 -- A state High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has issued a garnishee order on bank accounts belonging to the All Progressive Congress (APC) after the party failed to pay more than N30 million professional fees to two lawyers who represented it in the election tribunal.

The court had in 2017 ruled that the APC should pay N30,220, 00.00 to the two lawyers who represented the party at the national and state assembly election petition tribunals in 2015 in Akwa Ibom.

The two lawyers are Louis Akanimo and Fidel Albert.

The case had gone to the Court of Appeal, Calabar, and back to Uyo, before the garnishee order was finally issued on July 5 by Charles Ikpe.

A garnishee order from court empowers a creditor to recover a debt...