BY FESTUS OKOROMADU, ABUJA
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has announced the takeover of a Port Harcourt based hotel, property of Glano Nigeria Limited, due to indebtedness amounting to N2.4 billion.
Head Corporate Communications Department of AMCON, Jude Nwauzor, said the development followed an order of Justice I. N. Buba of the Federal High Court Lagos Division.
The enforcement according to him was carried out seamlessly especially as the court had also directed the Nigerian Police Force, officials of the court, and other security agencies to assist AMCON in securing the assets.
In a statement on AMCON website, Nwauzor said the Corporation had been in an endless court battle with Glano Nigeria Limited and its promoters since 2016.
“Having looked at the case in its entirety, especially regarding efforts AMCON made to resolve the loan amicably without cooperation from the obligor, the court finally decided to back AMCON’s takeover of Glano Nigeria Limited.
“In compliance with the enforcement order, AMCON on Thursday, 6 April, took effective possession of Glano Nigeria Limited property located at No. 22 Woji Road Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital, which had been under the management of Sterling Law Alliance since 2019.
“Apart from granting AMCON possession of the property situated at No. 22 Woji Road Port Harcourt, the court also ordered AMCON to take all necessary steps required to realise the assets of the obligor within the judicial division, by seizing and taking any money bank notes, cheques, bills of exchange, promissory note, and all forms of bonds of security for money, with a view to realising the huge outstanding debt”, the statement reads in part.
Explaining how the case began, he said the case of Glano Nigeria Limited and its promoter had been a protracted issue because the loan was purchased during the third phase of Eligible Bank Assets (EBA) from United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc way back in 2013.
“Since then, AMCON has offered the obligor a good measure of olive branches and explored all avenues to resolve the matter amicably, but the obligor and his company, Glano Nigeria Limited, remained recalcitrant and unwilling to repay the huge debt to the Corporation.”
