By John Odhe, YENAGOA
There are indications that about 90 Bayelsa State civil servants are facing legal action over their alleged failure to repay loans obtained from Nun Microfinance Bank Limited, according to the information contained in a legal document from the said bank.
We gathered that the legal document contains a schedule of debtors and the amounts allegedly owed to the financial institution by staff, who reportedly presented themselves as employees of the State’s Ministry of Trade and Investment.
The writ of summons, obtained from the High Court of Bayelsa State by counsel to the claimant, contains details of the alleged debtors, including loan amounts, loan tenures, dates of collection and maturity dates.
In Suit Number: BYHC/YHC/CV/371/2026, dated September 25, 2026, the court directed the defendants to enter appearance within 42 days of being served with the writ.
The writ states: “You are hereby commanded that within 42 days after the service of this writ on you, inclusive of the day of such service, you do cause an appearance to be entered for you in an action at the suit of the claimant.
“And take notice that in default of your so doing, the claimant may proceed therein and judgment may be given in your absence.”
According to counsel to the claimant, Mr Great Temedie, Esquire, the writ is to be served “within three calendar months from the date thereof or, if renewed, within three calendar months from the last renewal, including the day of such date and not afterwards.”
The legal document indicated that the loans were obtained from the financial institution in May and June 2022 and became due for repayment in May and June 2023, respectively.
The document further listed one Mr. Godbless Julius, also known as Godbless Lamanya Justus, identified as the payroll officer at the Ministry of Trade and Investment, alongside 10 other persons, as first defendants.
It also listed Olale Wapaebinyo Ofuro and 79 others, reportedly all employees of the Ministry of Trade and Investment, as second defendants.
The writ further states “the defendants may enter appearance personally or by a legal practitioner either by handing in the appropriate form, duly completed, at the Registry of the High Court of the Judicial Division in which the action is brought or by sending it to the Registry by registered post.
The claimant is seeking to recover from the first and second defendants, numbering 90 persons, the sum of N50,342,450, as well as losses allegedly incurred by the claimant, put at N100 million.
When contacted for reaction, one of the alleged debtors, Mr. Ominigbo Talbot said he new nothing about the loan.
He, however, accused one Mr. Godbless Julius, who’s name also appears among the 90 persons, as the one who took the said loan, adding that Julius had once been arrested over the matter.
When our correspondent probed further and dialed the phone 90 Bayelsa Civil Servants Face Legal Battle Over Unredeemed Loans
By John Odhe, YENAGOA
There are indications that about 90 Bayelsa State civil servants are facing legal action over their alleged failure to repay loans obtained from Nun Microfinance Bank Limited, according to the information contained in a legal document from the said bank.
We gathered that the legal document contains a schedule of debtors and the amounts allegedly owed to the financial institution by staff, who reportedly presented themselves as employees of the State’s Ministry of Trade and Investment.
The writ of summons, obtained from the High Court of Bayelsa State by counsel to the claimant, contains details of the alleged debtors, including loan amounts, loan tenures, dates of collection and maturity dates.
In Suit Number: BYHC/YHC/CV/371/2026, dated September 25, 2026, the court directed the defendants to enter appearance within 42 days of being served with the writ.
The writ states: “You are hereby commanded that within 42 days after the service of this writ on you, inclusive of the day of such service, you do cause an appearance to be entered for you in an action at the suit of the claimant.
“And take notice that in default of your so doing, the claimant may proceed therein and judgment may be given in your absence.”
According to counsel to the claimant, Mr Great Temedie, Esquire, the writ is to be served “within three calendar months from the date thereof or, if renewed, within three calendar months from the last renewal, including the day of such date and not afterwards.”
The legal document indicated that the loans were obtained from the financial institution in May and June 2022 and became due for repayment in May and June 2023, respectively.
The document further listed one Mr. Godbless Julius, also known as Godbless Lamanya Justus, identified as the payroll officer at the Ministry of Trade and Investment, alongside 10 other persons, as first defendants.
It also listed Olale Wapaebinyo Ofuro and 79 others, reportedly all employees of the Ministry of Trade and Investment, as second defendants.
The writ further states “the defendants may enter appearance personally or by a legal practitioner either by handing in the appropriate form, duly completed, at the Registry of the High Court of the Judicial Division in which the action is brought or by sending it to the Registry by registered post.
The claimant is seeking to recover from the first and second defendants, numbering 90 persons, the sum of N50,342,450, as well as losses allegedly incurred by the claimant, put at N100 million. attached to Godbless Julius on the alleged debtors list, it was a woman who picked the call, stating that “I don’t know what you are talking about. I think it’s a wrong number.”
When contacted for reaction, Godbless Julius, who’s name appeared as the first defendant in the writ of summons, accepted that he singlehandedly obtained the loan.
“It’s a facility of N50 million out of which l have paid N15 million. The microfinance bank has been deducting money from my salary every month. At the end of every month, what remains in my account is N20,000 after
“It was last year and this year that I have not been able to meet up due to the economic situation,” he explained.
