Understanding Garnishee Proceedings In Nigeria

To understand Garnishee Proceedings in Nigeria, you need to bear in mind that there must be a judgment of a "Court of competent jurisdiction" which enables a successful judgment creditor to enforce the Court's judgment.

The law provide for other ways of enforcing judgment but Garnishee proceedings is unique, and about the only procedure in law through which an "innocent" third party ( the garnishee) is made a party in a judicial proceeding regardless of the fact that he is not a party in the suit wherein judgment was pronounced.

What is a Garnishee Proceeding?

As defined by the Free Legal Dictionary:

Garnishee proceedings is simply a judicial process of execution or enforcement of monetary judgment by the seizure or attachment of the debts due or accruing to the judgment debtor which form part of his property available in execution.