On Wednesday, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State ordered the confiscation of 14 properties connected to the Kogi State government in Lagos, Abuja, and the United Arab Emirates.
As the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed an ex parte motion, Judge Nicholas Oweibo issued the interim order.
The world’s tallest structure, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was one of the properties that EFCC counsel, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, claimed was reasonably suspected to have been generated from illegal activity when he presented the ex parte motion to the court.
Judge Oweibo also gave the EFCC permission to seize N400 million, which was likewise found to be linked to the government and taken from one Aminu Falala.
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Oyedepo informed the court that the N400m was reasonably suspected to have been derived from unlawful activity “and intended to be used for the acquisition of Plot No. 1224 Bishop Oluwole Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.”
In addition, the judge directed the EFCC to publish the order within 14 days for any interested party to show cause why the forfeiture order should not be made permanent.
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