The legal consequences of appointing a receiver/manager is that the assets which hitherto were available to the company become seised of the control of the receiver/manager and the company can only deal with assets of the company with the receiver’s consent. Consequently, the receiver/manager is regarded as the agent of the company for the purpose of dealing with assets in receivership. See K.P.M.G. Marwick Ani Ogunde & Anor –V- Vidana Nigeria Ltd & Ors (2021) LPELR – 54935 (CA). And also the provisions of Section 393 (4) of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 explicitly provides that as from the date of appointment of a receiver or manager, the powers of the Director or Liquidators in a members voluntary winding up to deal with the property or undertaking over which he is appointed shall cease unless and until the receiver or manager is discharged.
– M.L. Shuaibu, J.C.A. Dekan Nig. Ltd. v. Zenith Bank Plc – CA/C/12/2020