2017. The Reply was transmitted to the Respondent State for information, by a notice dated 18 October, 2017. 11 . On 4 September, 2017 the Applicant filed a Supplementary Affidavit in support of Application for Interim Measures and this was transmitted to the Respondent State by the above-mentioned notice dated 12 September, 2017. 12. On 28 September, 2017 the Applicant filed another "Urgent Request for Interim Measures" alleging that, in spite of the service of the Application for interim measures, the Respondent State has persisted in pursuing the retrieval of the amount of Ghana Cedi 51,283,480.59 from him with the full and active support of the Supreme Court and its Registry in clear violation of the letter and spirit of the Protocol and Rules of Court (herein after referred to as "the Rules"). 13. The Applicant states that the Registry of the Supreme Court of the Respondent State has initiated proceedings for execution of judgment against him and is in the process of seizing immovable properties from various locations in Accra, Ghana, some of which belong to his relatives. 14. This second request was transmitted to the Respondent State by a notice dated 2 October, 2017 giving the Respondent State until 11 October, 2017 to respond thereto. 15. The Respondent State filed the Response to this request on 13 October, 2017 and the Court decided, in the interest of justice, to deem it as properly filed. The Response was transmitted to the Applicant by a notice dated 18 October, 2017 and granting him seven (7) days from the date of receipt within which to respond. On 31 October, 2017, the Applicant filed his Reply to the "Respondent State's Affidavit in Opposition to the Application for Interim Measures", in which he maintained that the measures should be ordered due to the urgency and gravity of the situation, as presented in his application. 4

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