Ecobank had filed an ex parte application, seeking an order, freezing the account of Honeywell Plc, over a N3.5 billion loan. Justice Yunusa, who was hearing the suit before he was transferred out of Lagos had on October 27, 2015 granted an interim order allowing freezing the account of Honeywell Plc. However, on Tuesday when Ecobank tried to get Justice Dagat, who is now handling the suit to renew the order, he stated that the suits have not been consolidated; therefore the ruling in the Honeywell Flour Mills Plc suit cannot automatically be applied to other suits. Lawyer to Honeywell Plc, Bode Olanipekun informed the court that on November 30, 2015, both parties concluded argument on the application to discharge the exparte order, granted by Justice Yunusa. Olanipekun had then asked the court to formally discharge the exparte order which he said had already expired by effluxion of time. He cited the provisions of Order 26, Rule 12 of the Federal High Court Rules. In response, Counsel to Ecobank, Kunle Ogunba (SAN), who opposed the application argued that the ruling delivered by Justice Yunusa in December, 2015 varying the exparte order granted on Nov. 18, 2015, would apply to the instant suit. Ogunba’s argument was dismissed by Justice Dagat who stated that the matters have not been consolidated. He said that the ruling in the Honeywell Flour Mills Plc suit cannot automatically be applied on the other suits.]]>