Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Court Orders Final Forfeiture of Lagos Director’s N28.5m, Properties

Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, ordered the final forfeiture of a sum of N28.5million, a number of houses and a piece of land belonging to a Director of Accounts, Lagos State Ministry of Public Works Corporation, Anifowoshe Alade, to the Federal Government. The judge gave the order following an ex-parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) pursuant to Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act No. 14, 2006 and Section 44 (2)(b) of the Constitution. The properties…