Tag: forfeiture
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Court grants interim forfeiture of Patience Jonathan’s property
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, granted an interim forfeiture order of a property belonging to the former first lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, who granted the order, held that it was to enable the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) investigate the acquisition of Ariwabai Aruera Reachout Foundation, a property liked…
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Paris fund: Court orders fake consultants to forfeit N1.4bn to FG
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the permanent forfeiture of a total of N1,442,384,857.84 found in the bank accounts of three firms, which allegedly impersonated the consultants engaged by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum to analyse the Paris/London Club loan refunds due to the states. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which…
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FG seeks forfeiture of Ekweremadu’s 22 properties in Abuja, Dubai, London, US, others
The Federal Government has applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja for an order of temporary forfeiture of about 22 properties allegedly owned by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu in Abuja, London, the United States and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In the ex-parte application filed on yesterday by the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for…
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Patience Jonathan asks court to strike out judgement to forfeit $8.4m, N7.3b
Wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience, on Monday asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to strike out an ex-parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking the temporary forfeiture of her $8,435,788.84 and N7.35 billion respectively. She asked the court to grant an order striking out the motion…
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SURE-P fraud: Court orders forfeiture of N664m, $137,680 recovered from ex-perm sec
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the forfeiture of N664,475,246.6 and $137,680.11 allegedly recovered from a retired Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Dr Clement Illoh Onubuogo. He is on trial for allegedly failing to declare N97,300,613.44, $139,575.50 and £10,121.52 found in three of his bank accounts…
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Court orders forfeiture of 86 vehicles, four houses belonging to civil servant
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Apo, Abuja, has ordered that 86 luxury vehicles, together with four houses and a quarry plant in Abuja, belonging to a civil servant, Mr. Ibrahim Tumsah, be temporarily forfeited to the Federal Government. The luxury vehicles were allegedly seized from Tumsah, a director in the federal…
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Court orders final forfeiture of Diezani’s N7.6bn loot
A Lagos Federal High Court on Monday ordered the permanent forfeiture of the sum of N7,646,700,000 linked to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke to the Federal Government. Recall that the court had on August, 9 ordered an interim forfeiture of the sum of N7,646,700,000 allegedly kept in Sterling Bank Plc by the former…
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Court orders permanent forfeiture of Diezani’s ‘$37.5 million Lagos property’
Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court Monday ordered the permanent forfeiture of a $37.5 million property on Banana Island, Lagos, allegedly belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke. Obiozor gave the order to the Federal Government after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, argued a…
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Court orders forfeiture of Diezani’s $37.5m Banana Island house, funds
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a property at Banana Island, Lagos bought for $37.5m in 2013 by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. The property, designated as Building 3, Block B, Bella Vista Plot 1, Zone N, Federal Government Layout, Banana Island Foreshore Estate,…
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Updated: Court orders final forfeiture of Ikoyi’s $43.4m, £27,800, N23.2m to FG
Justice Hassan of the Federal High Court orders final forfeiture of $43.4m, £27,800, N23.2m discovered in an air-conditioned flat in Osborne, Ikoyi to the Federal Government. The funds had been stashed in iron cabinets and “Ghana-must-go” bags in the apartment before they were discovered and recovered on April 11, 2017 by the Economic and Financial…