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Lawyer drags AGF to Supreme Court over inoperative Foreign Judgment Reciprocal Enforcement Act

A lawyer, Emmanuel Ekpenyong, has dragged the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) to the Supreme Court over an alleged failure to promulgate an order to bring Part 1 of the Foreign Judgment Reciprocal Enforcement Act, 1990, into operation since its enactment in 1960 to commence on Feb. 1, 1961. Ekpenyong, in his notice of motion for leave to appeal dated…