Nigeria, Jan. 27 -- The Supreme Court, on Friday, dismissed Honeywell Flour Mills Limited's appeal challenging the judgement of the Court of Appeal in a debt dispute with Ecobank Nigeria Limited.

Honeywell and its sister firms, Anchorage Leisures Ltd and Siloam Global Ltd, have been locked in a N5.5 billion debt dispute with Ecobank.

While Honeywell, Anchorage and Siloam claimed to have paid N3.5 billion as final payment for the debt, Ecobank insisted the firms were still indebted to it.

The sensational legal battle has gone on for years with a fallout of the case also playing out in disciplinary hearings on the sideline.

In January 2018, the Legal Practitioners' Disciplinary Committee (LPDC), acting on a petition by Honeywell, withdr...