Court Seizes N830m, $4.7m, Properties Linked To Emefiele

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and several properties linked to the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Yellim Bogoro of the court made the order on Thursday, following an ex-parte application filed by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission counsel Bilkisu Buhari and C.C Chineye. Justice Bogoro, after taking the lawyers’ submission, held: “I have listened to the submission of the applicant’s counsel and also perused the motion just moved, together with the affidavit…

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