COURT ORDERS BANANA ISLAND PROPERTY ASSOCIATED FORMER NIMASA DG, AKPONOLOKEMI
The interim forfeiture of the sum of N725,345,897.77 and a property located at Plot J 37A 218 Close, 2nd Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos connected to Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, has been ordered by Justice Tijani Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. NIMASA.
Following the filing and presentation of an ex parte motion by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, the judge issued the order.
On Monday, April 3, 2023, EFCC's legal representative Bilikisu Buhari moved the motion and claimed that the funds were "reasonably suspected to be proceeds of an unlawful activity."
Buhari also argued that the property was "reasonably suspected to have been acquired with proceeds of an unlawful activity."
The EFCC counsel further prayed for an order directing the EFCC to publish the interim Order in a national newspaper to enable anyone interested in the properties sought to be forfeited to appear before the court to show cause, within 14 days, "why the final order of forfeiture of the said properties should not be made in favour of the Federal Government of Nigeria."
Justice Ringim, in granting the application held that "I find merit in this statutory application and same is granted as prayed."
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