Duke begs court over ₦537m debt, pledges repayment in 12hrs
September 3, 2019
1:25 am
A former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke yesterday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that he would pay his N537,334,360.77 debt to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in less than 12 hours.
Duke, through his counsel, Mr. Edoigiawerie Omoruyi, told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that he had approached AMCON with a promise to liquidate the debt before the end of yesterday, September 2, 2019.
He prayed for an adjournment to enable him settle the case out of court.
AMCON had on August 8, 2019 through its counsel, Juliet Reeds, obtained the court’s order to take interim possession of …
