Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Court Adjourns Forfeiture Ruling on Diezani's $40m Jewelry to Sept 10

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, September 2, 2019, adjourned ruling to September 10, 2019 on the final forfeiture of Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke’s jewelry and a customized gold iPhone, all valued at $40million. The defendant is a former minister of Petroleum Resources. At today’s sitting, the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo prayed the court for the final forfeiture of the jewelry and phone, and produced in court, the search warrant detailing all the items recovered in the defendant’s home. He noted that “at this stage of the proceeding,