Emefiele: Supreme Court Affirms Final Forfeiture of Properties, $2 Million, Share Certificates to Government

The Supreme Court on Friday, July 17, 2026 affirmed the final forfeiture of seven landed properties, the sum of $2,045,000 (Two Million, Forty-Five Thousand United States Dollars) and share certificates linked to a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. In a unanimous judgment delivered by a five-member panel of the apex court led by Justice Ibrahim Mohammed Saulawa, the court set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal and affirmed the decision of the Federal High Court, Lagos, which had ordered the final forfeiture of the asse…

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Source	EFCC
Collection	Anti-corruption and elections
Kind	Document
Publisher	Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Date	2026-07-17
Type	press-release
Found at	https://www.efcc.gov.ng/news/emefiele-supreme-court-affirms-final-forfeiture-of-properties-2-million-share-certificates-to-govern
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Record ID	`efcc:news:14205`

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Emefiele: Supreme Court Affirms Final Forfeiture of Properties, $2 Million, Share Certificates to Government. EFCC, 2026. Vero Archive, record efcc:news:14205.