A high court in Akure, Nigeria has granted a garnishee order directing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to freeze the account of Polaris Bank over a judgment debt of N2.16 billion ($5.3 million). The order was issued by the judge after an application was filed by the Ondo attorney-general, who claimed the bank failed to meet the conditions of a stay of execution of an earlier judgement. The bank was found liable for mismanaging the account of the Ondo ministry for local government and chieftaincy affairs, and ordered to make a refund and pay damages, but failed to do so.