Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

SENATOR NWAOBOSHI LOSES BID TO RECLAIM PROPERTY, AS COURT AFFIRMS FORFEITURE ORDER

Justice Abdulazeez Anka of the Federal High Court Ikoyi today October 4, 2017 affirmed the interim forfeiture of a property belonging to Senator Peter Nwaoboshi. Justice Anka had earlier on April 24, 2017 granted an interim forfeiture of the said property, a 12-floor high rise building to the EFCC. However, counsel to Nwaoboshi, Anthony Idigbe SAN, approached the court to discharge the order on the grounds that the applicant misrepresented and concealed material facts to the court, including a subsisting suit filed against the applicant; and that the court lacks the jurisdiction to grant the o…